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The Capital Scot ®

At The Capital Scot you will find information about Scottish heritage, Scotland, and organizations and events of interest to Scots and Scots-at-heart living and working in the Washington, D.C. area.  You will access links to information about Scottish places of interest, Scotland's history, clans, societies, book reviews, the Reformation in Scotland, the Scottish Literary Forum, a variety of articles, Scottish holidays, and genealogy research.  See more information about this non-commercial site at "About".

Readers of The Capital Scot are encouraged to sign the petition for formal recognition of National Scots, Scots-Irish Heritage Month.

Last update: 8/24/08       Features of the Week       New Items       Not Necessarily Scottish      

[New]  New This Week!         Slave Trade in Modern Scotland         Message in a Bottle         In Search of Scotland         Scotland's History is a new multi-platform project from BBC Scotland to bring the country's history to life on screen, the internet and radio.  It will be backed up by a programme of events and a series of concerts at historic locations.        

Regular Weekly Features:      * National Scots, Scots-Irish Heritage Month      Scottish Holidays and Anniversaries  [updated monthly]       The current Scottish Snippets  [updated biweekly]      Significant Scottish Heritage Events in Scotland        

[New]  items this week are on the following pages:

Events (Reminder  Photographic Works of Ireland and Scotland)      Events (Reminder  September 5 Concert - Scottish fiddle legend Dr. John Turner)      Events (Reminder  50th Annual Ligonier Highland Games)      Events (Reminder  35th Annual Virginia Scottish Games)      Events (Update  Iona Concerts)     

Not Necessarily Scottish - -

First Sounds' most newsworthy achievement to date has been the reproduction of sound from four phonautograms.  Download the mp3s on that page to hear the world's earliest sound recordings.  These files are not excerpts; they are the full tracks as processed so far.

Jean Muir cherished her Scottish family heritage.  Her knitwear collections were all created in Scotland.

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.  - Margaret Thatcher

Everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.  - Leo Tolstoy

Remember, you can earn more money, but when time is spent it is gone forever.  - Zig Ziglar

2008 Winners of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest - It was a dark and stormy night.

Catholics in New York at the Museum of the City of New York.

 

A favorite quote from fiction:  "I am Connor Macleod of the Clan Macleod.  I was born in the year 1518 in Glenfinnan on the shores of Loch Schiel.  I cannot die.  I am immortal."  (From the movie The Highlander)

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The Capital Scot ® is published by Jim MacGregor, FSA Scot, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

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