Because, dear Tallahassee laddies and ladies, April 6 is not only “Tartan Day” across Canada and the United States, but it is also known as “Scottish Independence Day, when on April 6, 1320 ...

The event falls annually on April 6, the date on which the Declaration of Arbroath was signed in 1320. America's own Declaration of Independence was modeled on the Arbroath document. Getty Images ...

The Virginia-Carolina Scottish Society hosted the National Tartan Day program on April 5 at the Ruby B. Archie Public Library. April 6 is recognized as National Tartan Day. On March 20, 1998, U.S ...

The origins of Tartan Day It is no coincidence that Tartan Day is held on April 6, as it is also the day that Scotland's Declaration of Arbroath was signed all the way back in 1320.

The Declaration of Arbroath was not a law or a treaty but a letter to the pope. It had no legal weight but was a statement of political intent, and a product of political circumstances.

Medieval Scotland’s most iconic document, the Declaration of Arbroath, recently went on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh for the first time in 18 years. The Declaration is a ...

The Declaration of Arbroath is a letter dated April 6, 1320, written to Pope John XXII by the Scottish aristocracy seeking the pontiff’s recognition of Scottish independence and to recognise ...

The Declaration of Arbroath display has been organised in partnership between National Museums Scotland and NRS, who keep the document. The letter is usually kept in a temperature-controlled ...

June 02, 2023 at 11:38am BST The Declaration of Arbroath, one of the most significant documents in Scottish history, will go on public display this weekend for the first time in 18 years.

The Declaration of Arbroath will be on display until next month (Jane Barlow/PA) The new summer date has been chosen to give as many people as possible the rare chance to see the document, and it ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. THE Declaration of Arbroath will go on display for the first time in 18 years on Saturday.