Still, Scotland The Brave

Still, Scotland The Brave

On Friday, January 22, 2010, I made a post in which I discussed my ancestory from Scotland and some of my feelings about Scotland. In this post I will be repeating some of that information,  I will also include some pictures and music videos from Scotland.

Kinlochleven Scotlandl.


On my paternal side of the family my ancestor John MacDonald was from the Glencoe area of the Highlands in Scotland.  He was sent by the government to the Ulster region of Ireland because he was a known "trouble maker", in the year 1690.

After the infamous betrayal and massacre at Glencoe,  John sent for his childhood sweetheart who had somehow survived the attack.  They were married in Ireland and shortly thereafter, they left for America in 1692.

In the streets of Edinburgh.


On my maternal side of the family, my grandmother (Peden) came from Edinburgh to America when she was 9 years old. My grandfather's parents (Boyle) were Scots who came to America from England, where they had been living.

Edinburgh.

My mother was born with an automatic dual citizenship.  Her mother, my grandmother Boyle was aware of the British laws and with her urging (more like insistence,) my parents registered my birth with the British consulate, which gave me dual citizenship as well.  It was from these grandparents that I acquired my sense of pride in my heritage and my interest in politics.

Scotland The Brave

Flower Of Scotland

by the Corries

A Scotish Soldier

by Steve McDonald

There is a second flag which is associated with Scotland, the "Rampant Lion", or Royal Flag of Scotland.  Although it is based on an older Scottish flag than the St. Andrew's Cross,  it should, strictly speaking, now only to be used by the monarch in relation to her capacity as Queen in Scotland..  However, it is widely used as a second national flag.

The Rampant Lion flag flies over the offices of the Secretary of State for Scotland (who is the representative of the United Kingdom government in Scotland); that is the Dover House in London and the New St Andrew's House in Edinburgh.

It is however not allowable to fly the flag without permission, on a flag-pole or from a building.

Culloden

by Steve McDonald

The Highland Farewell

by Steve McDonald

 Going Home 

by Phil Coulter

Scottish Soldiers Killed In Action, 

by Susan Boyle

Lay Me Doone

A Farewell to the Brave

Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, 1306 – 1329″.

A Scottish Soldier

 As they have for centuries, the young men of Scotland have left their homes and families and gone off to foreign lands to fight to defend their country and their allies.   The men fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan have once again proven that Scotland is still a land of the BRAVE.

Hymne Flower of Scotland

Live On, My Warrior Son

by Steve McDonald

Going Home - Sissel