Scotland in North Carolina
Did you know that there are more people living in North Carolina USA who boast Scottish descent than there are Scots living in Scotland?
After the highland clearances canadian cialis where the major landowners evicted several thousand crofters (small-holders) large number of Scots made their way by boat to the new American settlements. One party of nearly 2,000 Scots from the Isle of Jura and surrounding cytotec induction area settled in North Carolina. You could read more about that on the Laird of Jura website.
However what I did not know until fairly recently when I was reading about the town of Laurinburg in North Carolina which is as Scottish as the country of Scotland if not more so. For example:
Lets look at Laurinberg which is in the county of “Scotland”.
Laurinberg’s High School is actually called “Scotland High buy kamagra soft School”. And what better school song could they have than “Scotland the Brave” the national anthem of Scotland itself.
The school has a marching band who all wear the Royal Stewart Tartan. And of course they have a prize winning bagpipe band wearing the full kilt.
The school Football, Baseball and the Basketball teams are called the “Fighting Scots”. (Did you know that the game of Basketball was invented by a Scottish American who was charged with finding some sports activity for youths to play indoors during bad weather? Its true!)
Visit St Andrews Presbyterian College (named after the patron saint of Scotland) and you will be challenged by a large Scottish Highlander with his Claymore Sword Generic buy cialis Levitra Super Active+ Online Pharmacy defending the college or at least a bronze statue of a highland warrior.
The College is also home to the Scottish amoxicillin no prescription Heritage Centre.
Looking for something to eat? Skip McDonalds (not a Scottish Company) and instead go to Scottish Foods which uses a Scottish bagpiper as buy 5mg propecia online its main trademark and logo.
The area even has a soccer team called the Scottish Claymores.
As we might expect there are buy amoxicillin no prescription a large number of local streets named after places such as Argyllshire, Kintyre and Skye where the first Scottish settlers lived before coming to North Carolina.
Do you know any other place which is more Scottish than this town in North Carolina?
Did you know you could increase your Scottish ness by becoming a landowner on the isle of Jura and become a Scottish Royal? It makes an idea unique gift idea for anyone with or without an existing Scottish connection.