Hello! I am the 12th Great Grandson of William Wallace of Craigie Ayrshire.
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Here are The Wallace Men of Lonach. They march every year at the Lonach Games.
Wikipedia says this about The Lonach Highlanders:
The Lonach Highlanders are members of The Lonach Highland and Fri...Here are The Wallace Men of Lonach. They march every year at the Lonach Games.
Wikipedia says this about The Lonach Highlanders:
The Lonach Highlanders are members of The Lonach Highland and Friendly Society, made up of men from the Strathdon area of Aberdeenshire in Scotland. The society was formed in 1823. The principal aims of the Society are the preservation of Highland Dress and the Gaelic language; to support loyal, peaceable manly conduct and the promotion of social and benevolent feelings among the inhabitants of this district. It was further agreed to open a fund for distressed members and their families. Unlike the Atholl Highlanders, the Lonach Highlanders have never been presented with colours, however they carry the society colour and two banners ensigned "LONACH". They cannot be considered as part of the British Army – or indeed as an independent military force.
The Highlanders parade annually during the annual Lonach Highland Games and Gathering, held on the 4th Saturday of August, to officially open the games. At various points along the route from Bellabeg' to Strathdon, the column stops for a "wee dram". This is led by the patron of the Lonach Highland and Friendly Society, part of the Forbes clan. Most of the men in Lonach are Forbes, although there is a section for the Wallace and Gordon clans as well, each with their own tartan.
The current patron of the Lonach Highlanders is Sir James Forbes.
The Lonach Highlanders are led by the Lonach pipe band at the Lonach Gathering every year, as well as other society occasions and visits abroad, such as in 1996 when they visited Hungary.
On the 150th anniversary of Lonach a new colour and banners were presented at the Lonach Gathering. The following week the pipe band and highlanders marched over the hills to Braemar to present the new colours to Queen Elizabeth II at the Braemar Gathering. The Highlanders set up camp at Braemar Castle re-enacting an occasion that last happened during the reign of Queen Victoria.
This years honoured clan at the upcoming Northeast Florida Scottish Games and Festival is Clan Wallace. I'd love to know if anyone here is going to be in attendance!
Ready for a wee bit o' Scotland at the Clay County Fairgrounds?
On Feb. 22, the Clay County Fairgrounds will come alive with the skirl of bagpipes, the tossing of cabers and thousands of kilted folk. The Northeast Florida Scottish Games and Festival draws visitors
No body really dose much with this sight huh
How many of you people mite be blood ?
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The National Wallace Monument (generally known as the Wallace Monument) is a tower standing on the summit of Abbey Craig, a hilltop near Stirling in Scotland. It commemorates Sir William Wallace, the ...The National Wallace Monument (generally known as the Wallace Monument) is a tower standing on the summit of Abbey Craig, a hilltop near Stirling in Scotland. It commemorates Sir William Wallace, the 13th century Scottish hero.
The tower was constructed following a fundraising campaign, which accompanied a resurgence of Scottish national identity in the 19th century. In addition to public subscription, it was partially funded by contributions from a number of foreign donors, including Italian national leader Giuseppe Garibaldi. Completed in 1869 to the designs of architect John Thomas Rochead, the monument is a 67-metre (220 ft) sandstone tower, built in the Victorian Gothic style. It stands on the Abbey Craig, a volcanic crag above Cambuskenneth Abbey, from which Wallace was said to have watched the gathering of the army of King Edward I of England, just before the Battle of Stirling Bridge.
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