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    Every year on April 6, the Scottish community in the US observes National Tartan Day, created to celebrate the contributions of Scots and Scottish-Americans. The date commemorates the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320, which influenced the American Declaration of Independence.
    Tartan Day is a North American celebration of Scottish heritage on April 6, the date on which the Declaration of Arbroath was signed in 1320. It originated in Canada in the mid-1980s. It spread to other communities of the Scottish diaspora in the 1990s.
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    The Tartan Day parade of Scottish porteños was inaugurated in Buenos Aires on 6 April 2006 and is organized by the Scottish Argentine Society every year. A symbolic key to the gate of Arbroath's Abbey is carried to mark the date in 1320 that inspired this celebration. Three million Australians are either Scottish or of Scottish descent.
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    Where did Tartan Day begin? Tartan Day can trace its origins to the Scottish diaspora in Canada, specifically to a meeting of the Federation of Scottish Clans in Nova Scotia (New Scotland in Latin) on March 9, 1986. Members Bill Crowell and Jean MacKeracher-Watson put forward the following motion: "That we establish a day known as 'Tartan Day'.
    Tartan Day ( French: Journée du Tartan) in Canada, first held in Nova Scotia in 1987, originated with a proposal by Bill Crowell and Jean MacKeracher-Watson at a meeting of the Federation of Scottish Clans in Nova Scotia on March 9, 1986.
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    As for Scotland itself, Tartan Day only became an established national festival in 2004, almost 20 years after the day was founded in Canada.
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    Tartan Day - Wikipedia

    Tartan Day is celebration of Scottish heritage and the cultural contributions of Scottish and Scottish-diaspora figures of history. The name refers to tartan, a patterned woollen cloth associated with Scotland. The event originated in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1987. It spread to other communities of the … See more

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    On March 9, 1986, a "Tartan Day" to promote Scottish heritage in Canada was proposed at a meeting of the Federation of Scottish Clans in Nova Scotia (the name of which is Latin for … See more

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    Argentina has around 100,000 people of Scottish descent, the largest such community outside the English-speaking world. The Tartan … See more

    The Scottish Government (sometimes the broader Government of the UK), along with regional Scottish governmental bodies (including city councils of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen) and industry organisations, have capitalised on opportunities to … See more

    Kirkin' o' the Tartan, a ceremony involving the blessing of family tartans See more

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