
Originally Posted by
Reiver
Ok, forward march.
Question....when the SAMS gents posted the colors at our Highland games in Phoenix they also used British Regulation marching moves ....and a mix of commands.
What is that about?
Totally up the Post. Ours uses US commands.

Originally Posted by
Reiver
BTW, looking at your coat of arms etc.....the majority of the Highland Scots in the Colonies fought for the Crown...the lowland and borderer's were primarily rebels. I suggest 'The Road to Guilford Courthouse' as an indicator of such. Covers the Scots in the Carolina's/Virginia etc.
Maybe that's why the Brit marching moves....

Couldn't agree more! Personally, I don't like the frontiersman emblem they use (supposed to indicate the Over Mountain men who fought at King's Mountain). I didn't design them and had no input (already being used when I joined in 1982).
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