BCAC, this is a place where the overwhelming content is statements of opinion. You express yours with every post. I expressed mine. I've never been afraid to. I've learned when you express an opinion in public some may jump in and agree with you, yet just as many, often more, will give you holy hell. I don't like American Heritage, it pushes all my buttons in a bad way. Sure others may like it, some have said so, and more power to them. I set out looking for a tartan that represents America, that makes me, and I would hope many viewers, feel good, not depressed. It so happens, after all my searching, the only readily available American tartan is the morbid, funereal one. I'd drape a catafalque with it, but I'd never wear it. It would be nice if some already accepted tartan like American Bicentennial or American District were in production and a stock item, but apparently they aren't. I'd prefer a tartan in p/v because I wear kilts a lot, and find p/v's ease of care a plus. I gets hot here and p/v would be a little cooler than wool.