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Photo: Dance piper Colin Gemmell sports an Inverness rain cape as he strolls back towards the dancing area during the 2007 Tacoma Highland Games.
Featured Articles
Interviews
- Teresa Unkrur, drum major with the Tacoma Scots Pipe Band
- Cathy McWilliams, kiltmaker from Puyallup, Washington
- Heather Richendrfer, Director of the Clan Heather Dancers school of Highland dancing
- Robert MacNeil, President of the British Columbia Pipers Association
- Jeremiah Strand, professional Highland athlete
- Jack Lee on Piobaireachd
- Josh Amos of NeoKilt™
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This Week in Scottish History
- July 1, 1543 Treaty of Greenwich between Henry VIII and the Earl of Arran who was the Regent of Scotland, arranging the betrothal of Mary,Queen of Scots, then 6 months old, and Edward, Prince of Wales (then 6 years old). The treaty was later repudiated by the Scottish Parliament.
- July 1, 1782 Repeal of the Acts of Proscription which, when they were enacted in 1746, forbade the wearing of of tartan and the carrying of weapons.
- July 1, 1999 The Queen officially opened the new Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.
- July 2, 1266 Treaty of Perth, in which Norway renounced its claim on the Hebrides.
- July 2, 1645 Battle of Alford fought.
- July 3, 1928 John Logie Baird successfully conducted the first color television transmission.
- July 4, 1892 James Keir Hardie becomes the first socialist to win a seat in the Parliament of the UK.
- July 6, 1747 John Paul Jones, US Navy captain, born in Kirkbean, Dumfries.
- July 7, 1548 Treaty of Haddington, between France and Scotland, affirming the betrothal of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Dauphin of France.
- July 7, 1559 John Knox becomes the first Protestant minister appointed in Edinburgh.
- July 7, 1814 First publication of Walter Scott's Waverly Novels.
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