April 6th--Tartan Day

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Poster: mn13189@WCUVAX1.WCU.EDU

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	"Our nation lived in freedom and peace until the mighty Prince
Edward, King of England, the father of the present king, aggressively
attacked our kingdom, while it was without a head, and our people, who
were both guiltless of any wrongdoing or perfidy and at that time
unaccustomed to wars or invasions.  No one who did not know them from
experience could describe or fully appreciate all his outrages, massacres,
violence, plunder and burning. . . sparing neither age, nor sex, religion
or order. . .  But we have been liberated from these coutless evils by our
valiant Prince and Sovereign Lord Robert. . .  To him as the author of our
people's deliverance we are bound. . . and are determined to be loyal to
him in everything.  But if he were to abandon our cause by being ready to
make us or our kingdom subject to the king of England or the English we
should do our utmost to expel him as our enemy. . . and should choose some
other man to be our king, who would be ready to defend us.  For so long as
a hundred of us remain alive we are resolved never to submit to the
domination of the English.  It is not for glory, wealth or honour that we
are fighting, but for freedom, and freedom only, which no true man ever
surrenders except with his life."
		The Scottish affirmation of independence in the
		Arbroath Declaration, April 6th, 1320 AD, in part.
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The above document affirmed Scotland's independance from England almost
700 years ago, on April 6th.  Since the State of North Carolina has the
more people of Scottish Heritage that any other state or nation in the
world (including Scotland), Gov. Jim Hunt has declared April 6th as State
Tartan Day.  Please honor our state's ties to Scotland by wearing tartan
on this day.
	I invite those of you who can make it to come to the Scottish
Tartans Museum in Franklin, NC for a day of celebration as we honor Tartan
Day.  Information on the museum can be found on the WWW at the address
given below.
	We now return you to your regularly scheduled e-mail.
Aye,
Eogan Og Mac Labruinn

           "I brought ye to the ring.  Now dance best ye can."
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   Matthew Allen Newsome            |	    Laird Eogan Og Mac Labruinn
   consultant / curator	    	    |       Altantian Royal Bard
   Scottish Tartan Museum           |	    Chronicler, MSoB
   & Heritage Center	    	    |	    (Militant Society of Bards)
   http://intertekweb.com/tartans/  |	    Clan Og, SCA
    -----------------------"IT'S ONLY A GAME!"------------------------


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