Military tartans

[macwilkin]

Two more tartans associated with the US Military:

The West Point tartan, worn by the Pipes and Drums of the US Military Academy at West Point, New York:

http://www.usma.edu/USCC/dca/clubs/C...Info/pipd.html

And the tartan for the 7th US Cavalry Regiment*, which at one time, had a pipe band:

http://www.us7thcavalry.com/7-cav-k.htm

*At one time, the pipers of the 7th Cavalry wore saffron kilts, as their uniforms were based on the Pipes and Drums of the Royal Inniskilling Fusilers of the British Army. It appears that the tartan was adopted sometime in the 1990's, although the information is not clear.

On the US Coast Guard Pipe Band's web site, there is a reference to other Army Pipe Bands:

the modern era has seen official recognition of U.S. Army pipe bands wearing uniform kilts with U.S. military uniforms organized by the 2nd infantry Division, the 5th Infantry Division, the 8th Infantry Division, the 31st infantry Division, the 42nd Infantry Division, and the Sixth Army. The U.S. Army currently recognizes the right of members of the pipe bands of 91stDivision, U.S. Army Reserve, California National Guard and Oregon National Guard Reserve to wear kilts of a prescribed pattern with their Army uniforms.*

-- http://www.uscgpipeband.org/pages/faq.html

The 91st Division Band's web site has this to say:

In addition to the traditional brass, woodwind and percussion sections, the 91st Division Band is distinctive in that it also features a bagpipe section. There is only one other Army band in the United States with a bagpipe contingent: the band of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

-- http://www.usarc.army.mil/91div/band.asp

The story continues...

Cheers,

Todd