The Gem State

[Hothir Ethelnor]

Not too much white and white isn't especially feminine.

It just happens to be that most Highland dancers are female and wear white "dance/dress" tartans.

Go for it if you like it.

[Mr. bone]

Well, here's what I could find out. I like it as well and would be proud to wear it. And I'm not seeing that feminine issue at all. If you wear it and you're a guy, you'd look like, well... a guy in a kilt! I was born here some 52 odd years ago, (and believe me, many of them have been very odd) and love every inch of this state. If I could ever get ahead financially, I'd get one in a heart beat.




]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2006


IN THE SENATE

SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 107

BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

A SENATE RESOLUTION
DESIGNATING APRIL 6 OF EACH YEAR AS "IDAHO TARTAN DAY" IN RECOGNITION OF THE
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THOSE CITIZENS OF SCOTTISH DESCENT.

Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Idaho:

WHEREAS, April 6 has a special significance for all Americans, and espe-
cially those Americans of Scottish descent, because the Declaration of
Arbroath, the Scottish Declaration of Independence, was signed on April 6,
1320, and the American Declaration of Independence was modeled after that
inspirational document; and

WHEREAS, we honor the major role that Scottish Americans played in the
founding of this nation, such as the fact that many of the signers of the Dec-
laration of Independence were of Scottish descent, the governors in nine of
the original thirteen states were of Scottish ancestry, and Scottish Americans
successfully helped shape this country in its formative years and guide this
nation through its most troubled times; and

WHEREAS, we recognize the monumental achievements and invaluable contribu-
tions made by Scottish Americans such as Neil Armstrong, Alexander Graham
Bell, Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Alva Edison, William Faulkner, Malcolm Forbes,
Billy Graham, Alexander Hamilton, Washington Irving, John Paul Jones, John
Marshall, Andrew Mellon, Samuel F.B. Morse, James Naismith, Edgar Allen Poe,
Gilbert Stuart, Elizabeth Taylor, General Douglas MacArthur, and Arnold
Palmer, to name but a few; and

WHEREAS, we recognize the many great Idahoans of Scottish-American
descent, including, but certainly not limited to, Senator John McMillan, Colin
McLeod, Thomas McMillan and Andy Little; and

WHEREAS, we commend the more than two hundred thousand organizations
throughout the United States that honor Scottish heritage, tradition, and cul-
ture and that represent the hundreds of thousands of Americans of Scottish
descent, residing in every state, including Idaho; and

WHEREAS, these numerous individuals, clans, societies, clubs, and frater-
nal organizations do not let the great contributions of the Scottish people go
unnoticed.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Senate, assembled in
the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-eighth Idaho Legislature, that the
Idaho Senate recognizes April 6 of each year as "Idaho Tartan Day."