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Last year I made note of the NATIONAL TARTAN DAY and got all kinds of
flack for National Who - What country - and other befuddled questions/comments.

So let me announce and make perfectly clear that it is:

*** NATIONAL TARTAN DAY IN THE UNITED STATES ***

That date is Sunday April 6, 2008!

Wear your tartan (colors) proudly and if you are in another country feel free to join our celebration!
No affinity or forum membership required.

"Kilt-ON"
rm

I wll be at St Paul MN on saturday April 5th for the tartan day parade, been to 5 tartan days so far. And i will wear my Minnesota kilt.

Thanks for remembering that we don't all live in the USA and national all means something different to all of us. Best of luck with the USA tartan week.

Nick

Is there a National Kilt Day? If not, why not?

Good point about a National Kilt day. If there isn't one (?), it would need a good publicity campaign to get the first one going, but it sounds like a good idea. Who knows whether it could eventually become "International Kilt Day".

'Tartan' and 'Kilt' days I wouldn't see as being of the same essence, as not everyone wears a tartan, or even has a tartan they can call ancestral, but nevertheless might wear a kilt - and I think kilting is something worth celebrating on its own....might even help promote them.

RM (Anderson)

I see that your avatar looks very much like the (Royal) Canadian Air Force tartan. Any canadian air force links?

I might wear one of my kilts, or buy a mini "billie" kilt, but i have to find the right one first. My gf didn't like the ones that I found on ebay.

Reply to/for sambuka -
Sorry No links. Had to do some research to see the difference:

Google - tartan finder
I used this link:
http://www.tartanstore.net/?referrer=g1 ... PAodHDB7cQ

Anderson Tartan -
http://www.tartanstore.net/tartan?filte ... &x=80&y=12

Canadian Air Force Tartan -
http://tartanstore.net/tartan?filter_se ... &send.y=14

Yes some similiarity - but noticeable fine differences as with most all
tartans.
Tartans are as different as the families/clans organizations etc. as
they represent.
One could spend hours if not days researching an individual tartan.
Say! Have you come to the end of the internet yet? That will give you
an idea of the depth of the research available. Yet you have just begun
to scratch the surface.

Thank you for a very interesting moment in internet time - your
inquiry opened yet another search adventure.
"Kilt-ON"
rm

I didn't have time to look for it this afternoon, hence the question... but you're right - the internet is a never ending adventure.

I am always amazed at the likeness of different tartan. Thanks for enlightening us.