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Tartan Days in Missouri!
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April 6, every year, is Tartan Day around the world. It celebrates the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320. The celebrations began in Canada in 1987, came to the USA in 1998, and to Missouri in 2000, thanks to the hard work of Scots from all over Missouri and…
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St. Louis featured in the UK’s Telegraph newspaper
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Today, this Brit got to brag about St. Louis in the international edition of the UK’s Weekly Telegraph. You can read it online on the Daily Telegraph’s website.
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US Senate or Granite City School Board. Who Knows More?
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Granite City School Board, March 27, 2012 Principal denied student right to wear a kilt because they “want to teach the men to dress like men.” Kilts are “nontraditional.” Kilts are “not what we call normal wear.” US Senate, March 20, 1998 Whereas April 6 has a special significance for all Americans, and especially…
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The Supreme Court Weighs in on Kilt Wearing!!! Well, kind of…
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In 1965, two Des Moines area students were suspended for wearing armbands in protest of the Vietnam War. The resulting court case, Tinker v. Des Moines, went all the way to the US Supreme Court where the justice’s ruled 7-2 in favor of the students. “It can hardly be argued that either students or…
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The Battle of the Kilt!
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It was a battle lasting just a few days in the St. Louis, USA, area, and it probably won’t go down in the annuls of Scottish history. But for the Scottish community in St. Louis, and the thousands of people who join with us throughout the year to celebrate the many profound connections between America…
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St. Louis Area High School Discriminates Against Scottish Culture
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UPDATE 3/29/12 @1:30pm: You can see the latest, and sign our petition here. UPDATE 3/28/12 @10pm: More news coverage. This one from Associated Press and this from United Press International. And thanks to Mark Reardon on KMOX for covering the story. UPDATE 3/28/12 @8am: The school board did not allow the wearing of the kilt…