MCC's Celtic Society invites you to celebrate Tartan Day and Celtic culture by wearing your clan or family tartan tomorrow, Wednesday, April 8. Then be sure to join your fellow tartan-wearers for a photo at noon in the R. Thomas Flynn Campus Center Atrium.
Tartan Day is celebrated globally on different dates and for various reasons. Since 1997, the U.S. has officially honored Scottish heritage on April 6th, the date of the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320, a document that influenced the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
According to the National Tartan Day organization, Scottish-Americans are the United States' eighth largest ethnic group; more than eleven million Americans are of Scottish and Scots-Irish descent.
Celtic Society's purpose is to raise awareness of the Celtic Nations (Brittany, Cornwall, Galicia, Ireland, Isle of Man, Scotland, Wales) and diaspora. It aims to share and celebrate Celtic culture with the college community. Celtic Society welcomes all students, faculty, and employees, regardless of their ethnic backgrounds.
For more information about Celtic Society or its sponsored events, please contact Celtic Society at mcccelticsociety@gmail.com or visit us on OrgSync.
Jeffery Jones
English/Philosophy
04/07/2015 |