EMS tartan

[M. A. C. Newsome]

While I have no room to state my likes / dislikes when it comes to another man's (or woman's) tartan design, I will say that I think a little more thought / design should have gone into that one.

That one was kind of designed "tongue in cheek."

The medical/first aid tent at the Stone Mountain Highland Games each year is staffed by some really wonderful people. They wanted to get into the spirit of things, and so took a lot of care to "do up" their tent like a "clan tent" and even decided to call themselved Clan MacMedic, and made up a nice sign to hang up by the tent entrance.

Well a clan needs a tartan, right? So they went out and bought a bunch of red and white checked cloth to use as table covers, banners, etc., and many of the staff even wore a peice of the tartan somewhere. The idea was that the red and white design formed little "red crosses." Plus it was readily available to decorate their tent.

Because they provided such a wonderful and essential service to the Stone Mountain Highland Games, and because they put forth such an effort to get into the "clan spirit," the Scottish Tartans Society honored them by recording their tartan as the "MacMedic" tartan. You'll still see it proudly displayed by the medical volunteer staff at those Games each year.