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Today Is Tartan Day!


The MCC Celtic Society invites you to celebrate Tartan Day, which is celebrated globally on different dates and for various reasons. Since 1997, Americans have 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. Celebrate the day by showing off your clan or family tartan.  Then come out to the Rochester TartanFest at the Main Street Armory on Saturday, April 14th for Scottish music, food, and other festivities.

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.

For more information, please contact Celtic Society at <"mailto:mcccelticsociety@gmail.com">.

Jeffery Jones
English/Philosophy
04/06/2012