Scotland in North Carolina
June 14, 2009 by The Laird
Filed under North Carolina and Scotland
Did you know that there are more people living in North Carolina USA who boast Scottish descent than there are Scots living in Scotland?
That is hardly surprising as huge numbers of Scots left Scotland at the time of the Highland Clearances and since then to seek their fortune in the New World of USA as well as Canada, Australia and the far east.? Our Laird of Jura website looking at the history and culture of the Isle of Jura tells of nearly 2,000 people who left the island and the surrounding area and ended up in North Carolina.
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
Laurinberg is in the county of Scotland.
The main school is called Scotland High School. The school song is “Scotland the Brave” (the official national anthem of Scotland).
They have a marching band who all wear the Royal Stewart Tartan. and of course they have a prize winning bagpipe band seen below right.
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!? More about that game will be added later on this website.)
The local college is St Andrews Presbyterian College (St Andrew is of course the patron saint of Scotland) has a huge bronze statue of a highlander in native dress waving a Claymore sword.
The College is also home to the Scottish Heritage Centre .
The main local fast food company called Scottish Foods has a Highland Piper as its logo.
Its Shopping Center is called Scotland Crossing which has as a main feature the Scottish Rampart Lion (the same red lion on a yellow background that appears on the Scottish Royal Flag).? Incidentally this Rampant Lion officially can only be flown by the Royal Monarch but our legal officials turn a blind eye to that law.
The Square Dance Club is the Scottish Twirlers.
A local soccer team is known as the Scottish Claymores.
We cannot ignore the fact that many local street names are named after places in Scotland including Skye, Argyllshire, Oban, Kintyre.
Can any other Scotland claim to be more Scottish than this one?
Increase your “Scottish ness” by becoming a Scottish Landowner at a very reasonable price. It is a unique gift idea for anyone who has a connection with Scotland.
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