Kilted on the 4th?

[triolamj]

Too late for this year, but just an observation: In May at the Highland Games here in Houston, the sun came out on Sunday and was baking me to a crisp. I was wearing shorts so that I could show my Black Watch kilt to someone thinking about buying a kilt. After he got a good look at it, I pulled it on over the shorts, dropped them, and become a 100% more comfortable just in time to set a good kilt-wearing example for the participants in the Children's Games. Catch the breeze, bro!

[TheBlueCow]

i wasn't able to wear my kilt since i was hanging with my dad.

Same here (although I do wear it around him occasionally anyways)

Oh, I also forgot it was July 4th until I was already out... which sucks because I was really hyped to wear a kilt today. I wanted to wear it because I feel it is a very American thing to do (y'know, that whole Freedom deal all us Americans get so excited about) and if I had thought about it I'd've been rockin' my UK tan Survival and maybe some old school white athletic socks with blue stripes at the top, and I have a blue+white shirt that I ended up wearing anyways. No, it would not necessarily have been good looking, but it sure would have been American :mrgreen:

[gu3]

Thunderbird from avengers??

Ms. Marvel/Warbird.

[Kilted_John]

Here, wore my MacKenzie Modern 18 oz military-weight 9-yarder with a Hard Rock Cafe t-shirt, and some black/gray argyle socks (no, not wool ones), and my hiking boots. Wore that to the hardware store for a replacement hammer - dog decided to chew on the old one and broke the hickory handle on it - and to the grocery store. When I got home, I was beginning to overheat, so threw on a pair of shorts for the rest of the evening. Would've worn a lighter weight kilt, except that my Lennox needs repair - kinda destroyed the hip buckle when I got caught on a gas pump yesterday (7/3), while filling up my car @ Costco. Might remove the third strap and buckle altogether...

-J

[Amoskeag]

Holidays are big concert days for me and considering that there is no documentation for a mid-19th C itinerant banjo player wearing kilts in New England, I was required by history and custom to resort to the usual trouser, waistcoat, and sack coat cobination that served as American high fashion in 1855. Gotta pay those bills! Rest assured that I spent the morning "en kilt" as I usually do.

Actually, the "Balmoral" craze had some currency here in the states and as soon as I find the right documentation........!
See, the part about being an historical thread counter is that I can only wear extremley accurate clothing....READ: Buy more wool tanks!!!!
Bob

[Ian.MacAllan]

. . . I wanted to wear it because I feel it is a very American thing to do , , ,

Amen, brother.

Anyone who has any doubts about the contributions of the Scots-Irish to the creation, development, and preservation of the United States should read Born Fighting : how the Scots-Irish shaped America by James H. Webb. It's a glorious heritage.

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[Brewboy]

I was in my Royal Stewart (red white and blue) brogues, waistcoat, white dress sporran, white shirt, and red tie. Wish I had some blue hose to finish off the outfit. Oh well, add them to the list.

Freedom, freedom, freedom, oy!


Freedom, freedom, freedom, oy!

[macwilkin]

Holidays are big concert days for me and considering that there is no documentation for a mid-19th C itinerant banjo player wearing kilts in New England, I was required by history and custom to resort to the usual trouser, waistcoat, and sack coat cobination that served as American high fashion in 1855. Gotta pay those bills! Rest assured that I spent the morning "en kilt" as I usually do.

Actually, the "Balmoral" craze had some currency here in the states and as soon as I find the right documentation........!
See, the part about being an historical thread counter is that I can only wear extremley accurate clothing....READ: Buy more wool tanks!!!!
Bob

Bob,

Don't forget that the St. Andrew's Society of Boston was founded in 1637, so perhaps you could develop a first-person impression of a Scottish immigrant or the children of one?

For example, Gen. Douglas MacArthur's grandfather was an active member of the Milwaukee Scottish community in the 1850s.

T.

[macwilkin]

Amen, brother.

Anyone who has any doubts about the contributions of the Scots-Irish to the creation, development, and preservation of the United States should read Born Fighting : how the Scots-Irish shaped America by James H. Webb. It's a glorious heritage.

.

For a more scholarly account of the Scots-Irish, but still an enjoyable read, I recommend James Leyburn's The Scotch-Irish: a social history.

T.

[Nick the DSM]

Ms. Marvel/Warbird.

yeah, thats it! where did i get thunderbird?

i think he is an x-man...