American Scottish Foundation Events

The Scottish Coalition USA and National Tartan Day Capital Committee (Washington DC) Present A Celebration National Tartan Day and presentation of the 2021 National Tartan Day Award.

The Scottish Coalition USA hosts with the National Tartan Day Capitol Committee a National Tartan Day Commemoration & Awarding of the National Tartan Day Award

The Commemoration will include with readings, music and messages from various Scottish American organizations across the USA celebrating Tartan Day locally in their own ways.

The 2021 National Tartan Day Award will be awarded to Gus Noble, President of the Chicago Scots and Caledonia Senior Living

PROGRAM

6.15pm Interlude

6.30pm 
The Scottish Coalition USA hosts with the National Tartan Day Capitol Committee a National Tartan Day Commemoration & Awarding of the National Tartan Day Award

The Commemoration will include with readings, music and messages from various Scottish American organizations across the USA celebrating Tartan Day locally in their own ways.

READINGS

The 2021 National Tartan Day Award will be awarded to Gus Noble, President of the Chicago Scots and Caledonia Senior Living 

Awarded annually by the Scottish Coalition USA the NTD Award Recognizing the efforts of an outstanding volunteer that help to sustain and grow the Scottish American Diaspora

Awarded annually by the Scottish Coalition USA the NTD Award Recognizing the efforts of an outstanding volunteer that help to sustain and grow the Scottish American Diaspora

April 6th is National Tartan Day following 1997 by Congressional, Senate (1998) and finally Presidential decree (2006).

Registration
Email LINK HERE to register

The Scottish Coalition USA :
Council of Scottish Clans (COSCA), American Scottish Foundation (ASF), Living Legacy, Scottish American Military (SAMS), Scottish Heritage USA (SHUSA) and Association of Scottish Games & Festivals (ASGF)

Americans of Scottish descent have played a vibrant and influential role in the development of this country. However not until 1997 was this influence recognized by a single-year U.S. Senate Resolution that appeared in the Congressional Record of April 7, 1997. In 1998, National Tartan Day of April 6 was officially recognized on a permanent basis when the U.S. Senate passed Senate Resolution 155 recognizing April 6th as National Tartan Day. This was followed by companion bill House Resolution 41 which was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on March 9, 2005. The passage of this bill was due to the work of the National Capital Tartan Committee, Inc. and president James Morrison.

The date of April 6 commemorates the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320, which asserted Scotland's sovereignty over English territorial claims, and which was an influence on the American Declaration of Independence.

Canada has been celebrating "National Tartan Day" since 1993. The idea and motivation for creating a similar American holiday was provided by the Scottish Coalition, a group of national Scottish-American cultural organizations.