{"id":1468,"date":"2006-04-06T23:00:03","date_gmt":"2006-04-07T04:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/?p=1468"},"modified":"2006-04-06T23:00:38","modified_gmt":"2006-04-07T04:00:38","slug":"tartan-day-06-link-dump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/?p=1468","title":{"rendered":"Tartan Day ’06 Link Dump"},"content":{"rendered":"
Scots Wha Hae<\/strong>
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It’s Tartan Day<\/a>. You want links? I got ’em.<\/p>\n

Well, let’s start with the obvious — the Scottish Tartans Society<\/a>, the “principal authority in the world on tartans and Highland dress.”<\/p>\n

On the internet, I recommend ElectricScotland.com<\/a> as a starting point for all things Scottish, be it history, geneology, clans or travel.<\/p>\n

Ith at Absinthe & Cookies<\/a> shows all of the blogs marking Tartan Day by participating in the Gathering of the Blogs<\/a>, 2006 edition.<\/p>\n

Want to weave your own tartan? Try the tartan weaver<\/a>, where you can design your own and even purchase products made with your design.<\/p>\n

This chronology<\/a> may or may not help you brush up on your Scottish history, but it just might bring a chuckle (hat tip to Blackfive<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Alexis Malcolm Kilts<\/a> has kilts moderately priced, with a wide selection that includes the tartans of all the branches of the U.S. military<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here in the DFW area, the fine folks at Scotland Forever<\/a> have been helpful with my wedding planning.<\/p>\n

For a kilt on a budget, there’s Sport Kilt<\/a>, even if you’re looking for digital camo or a Hawaiian print.<\/p>\n

I’ve already blogged<\/a> about the tragic passing of the famed Scottish regiments, as units centuries old are being amalgamated into one regiment. Here’s the site of the Black Watch<\/a>, one of the legendary regiments now only a battalion<\/p>\n

The American sport of lacrosse has begun taking root in Scotland. The Scottish national lacrosse team<\/a> is currently preparing for this July’s 2006 World Championship<\/a> in London, Ontario. The Scots went 4-3 and finished seventh in the 2002 championships in Perth, Australia. Check out their history page<\/a> — the Scottish national team can essentially trace it’s roots to the aftermath of the Lockerbie bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.<\/p>\n

The 2006 Texas Scottish Festival and Highland Games<\/a> is approaching, with a full slate of activities and entertainment scheduled for June 2-4 in Arlington. I went to last year’s festival and had a grand time. Hey, nowhere else but Texas would someone opt for this outfit — kilt, hose and flashes, sgian dubh, cowboy boots and hat (click for larger). Oh yeah, that ain’t me in the picture.<\/p>\n

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Scots Wha Hae It’s Tartan Day. You want links? I got ’em. Well, let’s start with the obvious — the Scottish Tartans Society, the “principal authority in the world on tartans and Highland dress.” On the internet, I recommend ElectricScotland.com as a starting point for all things Scottish, be it history, geneology, clans or travel. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,7,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogosphere","category-europe","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1657,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468\/revisions\/1657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}