Was Tartan ever actually banned?

[macwilkin]

Traditions like Kirkin of the tartan, Burns Dinner, Dipping the edge of a new kilt into scotch, and other new and old TRADITIONS, have to start somewhere

No one is disputing that, Mark. The issue is that many groups, games, etc. are promoting a history of the Kirkin' service that simply has no basis in the historical record. As I mentioned earlier, the real history of the service, which was first held at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church during the Second World War, is far more moving than the legend that has grown-up in the Diaspora communities in Canada, the USA and Australia. The Rev. Dr. Peter Marshall ("A Man Called Peter"), a Presbyterian minister from Coatbridge, is credited with being the originator of the service. I have of sermons from the original Kirkin', and no where does Dr. Marshall mention "the legend".

I have organized our society's Kirkin' for over a decade now, and I try to make it as close to Dr. Marshall's original intent as possible.

T.