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1086:, the Scottish tourism board, has a contingent in the annual New York Tartan Day parade, and also hosts side events sponsored by and featuring Scottish brands. Scotland.org, variously branded "Gateway to Scotland" and "Scotland Is Now", a tourism, study-abroad, and immigration website partnership between various departments of the government and industry associations, has publicized diasporic Tartan Day events, including 23 across the US, though the website no longer provides a detailed catalog of events as of 2023, and just has general information about Canadian Tartan Day and New York Tartan Week. 728:. Observing various Tartan Day activities in Canada and in the US at the state and county level, a March 8–10, 1996, meeting of Scottish-heritage organization leaders chaired by John H. Napier III, which included Duncan MacDonald of the Caledonian Foundation, and Neil Fraser of the Clans and Scottish Societies of Canada, among others, proposed nationalizing the idea in the US, to unanimous approval of the attendees. After promotional advertisements were placed in heritage and genealogy publications including 310:. According to Scottish House secretary Moyna Scotland, the tendency to disguise Scottish associations was mirrored in Australia: "Scots did what they were told to do when they came to Australia, assimilate and integrate, and they almost disappeared"; consequently, one aim of Tartan Day is to help Australians reconnect with their Scottish ancestry. A tartan revival started in Scotland in 1822, and now many of the Australian states, and the Commonwealth of Australia itself, have their own tartans. 420:, Ontario, an annual Gathering of the Clans takes place each year, usually on April 6 or the Sunday nearest to it, on Parliament Hill at noon with pipes, drums, and dancing hosted by the Sons of Scotland Pipe Band, Canada's oldest civilian pipe band. The 2023 celebrations were on April 23, and were the 15th year that the pipe band has hosted the event. Canada's official tartan is the Maple Leaf tartan, designed in 1964 became an official national symbol in March 2011 ahead of Tartan Day. 1164:; and Peter Wilson, president of Great Scot International, a wholesale supplier of Scottish goods to US retailers, were all presenters at the Washington, DC, Tartan Day Sympoisum in 2023. SBN, Scottish Development International, and British–American Business Network have all been directly involved in Tartan Day activities in Texas. SNB's "The New York Scottish Challenge" business seminar for Scottish entrepreneurs includes representation in the Tartan Day parade. 740:, the first (unofficial) Tartan Day in the United States observed at the national level was on April 6, 1997. Wanting to make the holiday official, the Scottish Coalition USA (comprising the American-Scottish Foundation, the Association of Scottish Games and Festivals, the Council of Scottish Clans & Associations, Living Legacy of Scotland, the Scottish-American Military Society, and Scottish Heritage USA, and at that time also including the now-defunct 922:), along with regional Scottish governmental bodies (including city councils of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen) and industry organisations, have capitalised on opportunities to promote Scottish tourism and business interests by directly participating in Tartan Day/Week activities among the disaspora, especially in the United States, since the 2000s. The US is Scotland's top destination for exports, which as of 2019 amounted to 590: 681:, established the first Tartan Day festival in Scotland on April 6, 2004, and has since joined other regional councils in attempting to develop its potential as a global celebration. The Angus event, like that in New York, has developed into a full Tartan Week, and has included activities such as exhibitions of local arts and crafts, a farmer's market, local food vendors and formal dinners, a gathering of 1022:, attended 2022 Tartan Day in Ontario, Canada, and Tartan Week in New York and Washington, DC, in the US, meeting also with political bodies, business leaders, and cultural organizations, with a goal of bolstering "cultural, historical, educational and economic links between Scotland, Canada and the United States". Robertson wrote April 2023 editorials in 31: 895:"unfortunate mongrel of a commemoration" because the dates of the parade (on a Saturday nearest April 6 but rarely April 6 itself) are not meaningful to Scots, and because, she stated, the connection between the Declaration of Arbroath and the Declaration of Independence "is faint at best". McIntosh recommended starting over to create a new, 829:
in the role of grand marshall. By 2002, the "Tunes of Glory" parade, organized by American piper Magnus Orr, Scottish piper (living in Canada) Thomas Grotrian, and the newly formed National Tartan Day New York Committee, included 8,250 pipers and drummers marching through the streets of New York, led
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In 1989, the Scottish Australian Heritage Council began to encourage Australians to wear tartan on July 1, when more than half a million Australians gather for a celebration of Scottish heritage, combining nostalgia with Australian citizenship ceremonies, and fund-raising for charitable causes such
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also that year quoted an anonymous promoter in Edinburgh saying that Tartan Day "doesn't resonate with young Scots", including designers who will not attend the events because they don't find them "relevant". Alan Bain of the American Scottish Foundation, at Tartan Day organizer, disagreed because
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The event has not been without some criticism. Susan McIntosh, a former president of the Council of Scottish Clans & Associations (based in North Carolina) said in 2015 that the event was too thinly attended and media-covered, given its potential, compared to other ethnic celebrations, and an
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in 2023), but has occasionally been a Scottish American. The parade includes pipe bands (typically around 3,000 bagpipers in total), and contingents from clan societies, Highland games organizers, Scottish-American societies, the New York Mounted Police, alumni clubs of Scottish universities, and
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on Tartan Day abroad leading to job creation in Scotland, and called the holiday "an opportunity to promote enduring connections with Scotland, including trade, investment, tourism and culture" and "a platform ... to promote Scotland in some of our most important markets". The 2023 National
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Resolution No. 155 (introduced March 6, 1998) to adopt April 6 as National Tartan Day. The resolution passed March 20, 1998, "to recognize the outstanding achievements and contributions made by Scottish Americans to the United States"; it also referred to the predominance of Scots among the
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legislatures to recognize April 6 as Tartan Day. The first such proclamation was by Nova Scotia in April 1987. On December 19, 1991, in response to action initiated by the Clans & Scottish Societies of Canada, the Ontario Legislature passed a resolution proclaiming 6 April as Tartan Day,
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Three million Australians are either Scottish or of Scottish descent. International Tartan Day in Australia is celebrated on a regional basis in most states on 1 July (or by some community organizations on the nearest Sunday), the anniversary of the Repeal Proclamation of 1782 annulling the
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The first (unofficial) national-level Tartan Day in the US was observed an April 6, 1997, growing from county- and state-level observance inspired by Canadian events. The holiday was approved by the US Senate in 1998, the House of Representatives in 2005, and the President in 2008.
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alone sent 13 Scottish businesses to the New York parade, including Angels' Share Glass, Ardgowan Distillery, Ochil Fudge Pantry, and Quirky Chocolate. Ian Houston, president of the trade association Scottish Business Network (SBN); John Bleed, US director of the
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From 2017 through 2022, the Scottish Government's official Scotland.org portal site had re-branded Tartan Day/Week as "Scotland Week" for marketing the events to native Scots, but seems to have given up on this effort as of 2023, and reverted to "Tartan Day".
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In Australia, wearing tartan on July 1 has been encouraged since 1989. The day has been promoted as International Tartan Day in Australia since 1996 and has been formally recognized by some states, but not at a national level.
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Resolution 41 passing on March 9, 2005, in favor of a US National Tartan Day on April 6, and mirroring most of the wording of the Senate resolution. The House resolution's chief sponsors were Representative
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Scottish businesses have integrated Tartan Day/Week into their marketing efforts, both online and at the events. A few examples include: the tartan weaver and women's clothier Prickly Thistle, of
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on 6 April 2006 and is organized by the Scottish Argentine Society every year. A symbolic key to the gate of Arbroath's Abbey is carried to mark the date in 1320 that inspired this celebration.
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The event has since grown into a Tartan Week beginning with Tartan Day (the parade is held on the week's Saturday). The grand marshall each year is usually a Scotland-native celebrity (actor
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is held in various states of Australia (from 1989, with varying levels of official recognition) and in New Zealand (unofficially since 2008) on July 1, the anniversary of the repeal of the
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Gambaro, Teresa (June 30, 2007). "Media Release: The Hon. Teresa Gambaro MP, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Citizenship" (Press release) – via AAP MediaNet Press Releases.
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was signed in 1320. The same date is used for locally official Tartan Days in Angus and Aberdeen, Scotland (from 2004); in the latter, it has since shifted into the charity fundraiser
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issued a statement in support of National Tartan Day and the Maple Leaf tartan, and tied the event to celebration that year of the 200th anniversary of the birth of the first
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attended the New York event in 2002 "to make sure that Scotland is promoted at the highest level during a time when the world will be watching." Also in New York, First Min.
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Even this archive URL is nearly useless, because most of the site content was embedded in Adobe Flash files, but it at least proves organization of the event to a 2002 date.
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The Canadian bill got its first reading as C-402 of the 39th Parliament on 16 October 2007, and was reintroduced as C-218 of the 40th Parliament on 21 November 2008.
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in 1987, originated with a proposal by Bill Crowell and Jean MacKeracher-Watson at a meeting of the Federation of Scottish Clans in Nova Scotia on March 9, 1986.
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floated a proposal to expand the Australian event into an official Scotland Week as part of the Scottish government's international business strategy.
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The largest of the US events is New York City Tartan Week. Another major one is that held in Washington, DC, which includes a National Tartan Day
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In 1998, the efforts of the coalition and the Caledonian Foundation (led then by JoAnne Phipps), with the legislative sponsorship of Senator
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Similar events in other countries appear to have been inspired by those in Canada, Australia, and the US, and date from the 2000s or later.
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following the example of some other Canadian provinces. Tartan Day has since been proclaimed by all the provincial legislatures. In 2007,
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in much of Scotland. Related unofficial events in France (since 2002) have been held on varying days of the year, often also celebrating
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in Scotland (held at different dates throughout the year so as not to conflict), and, for a one-off event, to New York City in the US.
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Canada declared National Tartan Day in October 2010, the first official national event being held in 2011. In the national capital,
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This led in turn, through the advocacy of the National Capital Tartan Committee (led by James Morrison), to unanimous adoption of
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and its Dress Act, which had made wearing Highland dress (by males) an offense in the Highlands, punishable by up to seven years'
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signed a presidential proclamation on April 4, 2008, of a fully official US National Tartan Day observance on April 6 each year.
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Tartan Day Symposium in Washington, DC, included a presentation from Chris Thomson, head of the Scottish Government USA
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Scottish officials have participated in Tartan Day activities, e.g. as grand marshals of the New York parade, including
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On March 9, 1986, a "Tartan Day" to promote Scottish heritage in Canada was proposed at a meeting of the Federation of
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in New York City and Angus, and into multi-day events in some other locations, including Washington, DC. The name
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The Scotlish Government's involvement in Tartan Day/Week is connected with other governmental works, including
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The Scottish Government has promoted Scottish culture and talent at foreign Tartan Days/Weeks, including the
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army battalions, and almost 30 heritage events in Australia alone. Some clans, notably the McLeods of
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Scottish universities were sending parade contingents, indicating contemporary interest in Scotland.
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Urquhart, Frank (January 18, 2006). "Arbroath declares itself the centre of Scots Tartan Day".
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reported in 2000 on the event, by which time it was already growing into a three-day affair in
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for 'New Scotland'); the first event was held April 6, 1987. After a period of adoption by
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Shields, Tom (March 20, 2008). "We hold the reason for this holiday to be self-evident".
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for several years, organized by the Kilt Society de France. A one-off event was held in
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before 2015. Starting in 2015, there had also been an annual event in Brittany, called
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Hullick, Jenny (September 19, 2001). "McLeod's daughters, and sons, form local clan".
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bands and "a small but enthusiastic group of Scottish Americans", with American actor
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In addition to the two chief sponsors, H.Res.41 had 54 co-sponsors, including Rep.
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as drought assistance. Australians without a family tartan are invited to wear the
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for "An Act respecting a Tartan Day". Progress of the bill was interrupted by the
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Since 2001, the Scottish Australian Heritage Council and Australian branch of the
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Horne, Marc (March 30, 2008). "No flies on Alex as Tartan Week goes walkabout".
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walk (run by a registered charitable organization), which has since spread to
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in New York City. The sword had never before left Scotland in modern times.
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1n 1999, the first Tartan Day parade in New York City consisted of just two
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McTerman, John (April 7, 2002). "Why the true patriots do not wear plaid".
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Mathewson, Catriona (June 28, 2004). "Scots all tartaned up for big day".
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in the 13th to early 14th centuries â€“ for Tartan Week display at
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also organized a Tartan Day, though in 2016 it changed into a charity
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Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture
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in 2013 cross-promoted events in Scotland, especially the year-long
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Scottish governmental and business involvement in diasporic events
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Adie, Kilmeny (July 1, 2004). "Celebrating a Highland heritage".
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6 billion, 17% of Scotland's total international trade.
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featuring notable Scottish and Scottish-American speakers.
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Clarke, Suzanna (July 2, 2005). "The Pipes Are Calling".
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sent a delegation to the 2023 New York event, including
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Pipes and Drums, at the 2004 Tartan Day celebrations in
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has also been promoted in both Scotland and Australia.
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parliamentary under-secretary of state for Scotland
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