celtic confederate jackets worm with kilts

[greenfordranger]

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If you're wearing your shell jacket w/kilt to Honor your Heritage then you're in the right. But many would argue against you for wearing a kilt to reenact. No matter what the reason, wear your shell jacket w/your kilt proudly & fly your flag high [><]

[piperdbh]

If you're wearing your shell jacket w/kilt to Honor your Heritage then you're in the right. But many would argue against you for wearing a kilt to reenact. No matter what the reason, wear your shell jacket w/your kilt proudly & fly your flag high [><]

Bingo.

[macwilkin]

Thoughts from a self-proclaimed NPS "stitch-counter":

Whilst I appreciate the sentiments behind some of the posts in this thread regarding honouring heritage, let me present the other side of the coin. Please note that I am not doing it to make folks mad or offend, but instead, to offer another viewpoint.

We may know that folks wearing a kilt with Civil War kit isn't necessarily correct or a deliberate attempt to deceive folks, but remember, the general public is not as knowledgeable when it comes to such matters. I used to hear folks in the reenacting community justify their expensive hobby (and I was a reenactor too) by saying, "we're educating the public", yet these folks hardly did any research on material culture or other aspects of the period. These were also the folks with the outlandish costumes that attracted the public like flies to honey.

I have to agree with Slacker Drummer; wear your living history/reenacting kit, OR wear your Confederate or Federal Memorial Tartans with Highland attire. In NPS we were taught that you portray the "average" of a period in history as much as possible. I know that will offend some, but that's what I was taught from some excellent living history interpreters.

I'll go put on my Nomex now, and wait for the flames.

T.

[SlackerDrummer]

If you're wearing your shell jacket w/kilt to Honor your Heritage then you're in the right.

How does one "Honor your Heritage" by wearing an outfit was never a part of one's collective tradition? That is exactly the opposite of the intended purpose - a fact that seems to be dismissed because one simply wants to make a statement. Look up "honor" and then look up "heritage" and you'll find that this hodge-podge of an outfit doesn't fit the bill.

[BoldHighlander]

I, too, am not bent out of shape.

I'm not so sure....case in point:

How does one "Honor your Heritage" by wearing an outfit was never a part of one's collective tradition? That is exactly the opposite of the intended purpose - a fact that seems to be dismissed because one simply wants to make a statement. Look up "honor" and then look up "heritage" and you'll find that this hodge-podge of an outfit doesn't fit the bill.

hmmmm....

But we wouldn't encourage anyone to wear any other non-Highland attire with a kilt - even, or perhaps especially, from the Victorian era. In fact we discourage it.

Who's this "we" you speak of?
The kilt police?

May I see your badge number?