Graeme J W Smith M.R.I.N.

A Scot's eye view from the USA.

: Name:Graeme J W Smith; Location:Newport, Rhode Island, United States

Ex-Glasgow, Scotland I moved to the USA in 1996 and am now a naturalized American. I have a consulting business which advises small to medium sized businesses about the best use they can make of IT.

In a past life I have been a youth worker, Tall Ship Captain and I also worked in the yacht building industry in the UK and USA.

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Friday, April 06, 1990

Scots' Declaration of Arbroath, April 6th 1320

This blog is 660 years after the actual event!

The Declaration of Arbroath was written in Latin and promulgated on April 6th, 1320, at Arbroath Abbey (on the east coast of Scotland, just north of St. Andrews, the home of golf). Its purpose was to convince Pope John XXII, resident in Avignon, France, that Scotland was an independent country.

US Senate Resolution Number 155 of March 20th 1998, recognises April 6th in the USA as “Tartan Day”

Labels: arbroath, independence, tartan day