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The Scotsman - Tartan Day

In recognition of the links between Scotland and North America and in celebration of Tartan Week 2007, The Scotsman - Scotland's leading quality newspaper - has identified and made available the following articles from the archive.

  • The fate of Sir John Franklin

    25th October 1854: The fate of Sir John Franklin

    Scottish immigrant John Rae led a small party of explorers across the Boothia Peninsula in the mid-1850s to map the missing link in the fabled Northwest Passage in Canada. The accomplishment should have earned him glory. Instead, Rae faded from the record amid reports of cannibalism from an earlier expedition involving Sir John Franklin, whose remains Rae discovered.

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  • The President's emancipation proclomation

    7th October 1862: The President's emancipation proclomation

    President Abraham Lincoln ordered the freedom – or emancipation – of all slaves, effective 1 January 1863, three years into the American Civil War. Although the proclamation did not have an immediate impact by freeing a single slave, it fundamentally transformed the character of the war.

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  • Massacre of General Custer

    18th July 1876: Massacre of General Custer

    The story of a US military general – one George Armstrong Custer - who failed to listen to precise orders. He and all but one of his 600 men never lived to tell about it. The Battle at Little Big Horn stands the test of time as one of the greatest military blunders.

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  • John Muir an appreciation

    12th January 1915: John Muir an appreciation

    It is said that he cared less for a man than he did for a tree. John Muir was born in Scotland but his life was planted firmly in America, where the conservationist introduced an appreciation for the natural wonders of this vast country and dedicated his efforts to protecting them.

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  • Arrival of first Amercian troops in France World War I

    28th June 1917: Arrival of first Amercian troops in France World War I

    The US declared war against Germany in April 1917. By June the American Expeditionary Force, led by Gen. John Joseph Pershing, reached France to join the Allied forces in battle. Within a year, two million American soldiers would be on French soil.

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  • World War I rewards offered for American prisoners

    19th September 1917: World War I rewards offered for American prisoners

    Less than three months after they entered the war, American troops had become a significant force in the conflict. German commanders, in recognition of a changing tide in the fighting, issued an offer to their men for the first US soldier caught dead or alive. The reward was rich.

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  • Andrew Carnegie's will

    29th October 1920: Andrew Carnegie's will

    He was considered the wealthiest man of his time. The death of Scotsman Andrew Carnegie proved financially empowering to family, friends, dignitaries and charities. A glance into the details of his will sheds light into the person.

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  • Famous Scottish-Americans

    11th February 1927: Famous Scottish-Americans

    Scottish men and women in the thousands have played significant roles in moulding America. There are statesmen, craftsmen, inventors and idealists. They all shared a life that started in Scotland and carried into the New World, where their passion to build a nation was their commonality.

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  • Charles Lindbergh historic flight

    23rd May 1927: Charles Lindbergh historic flight

    We now take for granted the journey by air across the Atlantic. However, the trip by Charles Lindbergh in 1927 was anything but routine. His trip was extraordinary and it placed the young “Lucky Lindy” into instant celebrity status.

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  • Abolition of the Kilt

    15th December 1939: Abolition of the Kilt

    Shortly after the outbreak of World War II, the War Office decreed Scotland's national battle dress too expensive for modern combat. Having stood against, and subsequently reversed, a similar decision in 1914, the Committee of Glasgow Highland Societies pleaded for clemency - citing the English misunderstanding of "clannishness" over the kilt. However Scottish jobs, as well as traditions, were at stake.

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