Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
This has been a really interesting thread. To get back to the original question,I doubt very much if many,very few, people in the UK could discuss the D of A and its aftermath to the depth that you chaps have been going. I venture to suggest that most people in Scotland(particularly in the Highlands) would not have a clue what you are talking about. I happened to be in the company of a large number of 16 year old students from the local High school and their teacher yesterday and NOT ONE, knew what the D of A was, NOT ONE knew of the later Scots/Irish connection and NOT ONE seemed to care. I suspect that if I had asked their parents the same questions, the answers would be exactly the same.
Quote Originally Posted by ThistleDown View Post
Sad, Todd, very sad. The school I attended used (and still does) the highest common denominator as the bar, not the lowest. Off topic, so to get back: you will see from Jock's post that the Arbroath has relatively little meaning in Scotland today.
While I think its sad that the Arboath has little meaning in Scotland today, I think its a sadder commentary that so little of the country's history is known (or cared about) by the nation's youth

Mind you, this is not singular to Scotland, haven't we all laughed & shook our heads at the ignorance of our own American citizens when quizzed by Leno on the streets about historic (as well as daily) events?