Happy International Tartan Day!

[MacKay71]

[Highland Logan]

...the Repeal Proclamation of 1782. This act repealed the Act of Proscription (1747) which had for almost two generations forbidden the tartan and pipes.

35 years is 2 generations? You may want to double check your math. Life exspectancy was lower at that time, but....

For those not familiar with National Tartan Day, it celebrates the influential role of Scottish-Americans in the development of the United States. April 6th was chosen because on that date in 1320, the Declaration of Arbroath was signed.

Check your facts... Tartan Day on April 6th, was created by The Federation of Scottish Clans in Nova Scotia (FSCNS), and was spearheaded by Jean Watson, the first being held in 1987.

Frank

[GDub]

Did it for the other post, which I ran into first, so the avatar is in recognition of the day.

[KFCarter]

For those not familiar with National Tartan Day, it celebrates the influential role of Scottish-Americans in the development of the United States. April 6th was chosen because on that date in 1320, the Declaration of Arbroath was signed. The U.S, Declaration of Independence was based in part on the principles laid out in the Declaration of Arbroath.

Check your facts... Tartan Day on April 6th, was created by The Federation of Scottish Clans in Nova Scotia (FSCNS), and was spearheaded by Jean Watson, the first being held in 1987.

Frank

Both are true. Tartan Day was celebrated first in Canada, but was not officially celebrated in the U.S. until considerably later. A resolution was first passed by the Senate in 1998 and followed by a House bill in 2005.

:ootd:

[TNKiltedWolf]

35 years is 2 generations? You may want to double check your math. Life exspectancy was lower at that time, but....

Some people consider 20 years a generation. (I personally thought the standard was 30, but someone else recently told me otherwise) So that's what I'm basing the statement on.

Cheers,

Aaron

[Highland Logan]

Some people consider 20 years a generation. (I personally thought the standard was 30, but someone else recently told me otherwise) So that's what I'm basing the statement on.

Cheers,

Aaron

Fair enough.

Frank

[MichiScot]

Twenty years is the standard for a generation in America, hence the baby boom generation (1944-1964).

[O'Callaghan]

No, the pipes were never proscripted. Read Traditional Gaelic Bagpiping-1745-1945 by Gibson

Not in Scotland, but they were in Ireland, and for much longer than tartan was banned in Scotland. In fact, I'm not sure if it was ever repealed, but they play them again anyway.

[O'Callaghan]

Twenty years is the standard for a generation in America, hence the baby boom generation (1944-1964).

Genealogists normally assume 30.

[butch]

A great day to be alive and kilted