Happy Independence Day...

[Irish Jack O'Brian]

Happy Independence Day! and Remember the Alamo!

Last summer I went to a memorial for my cousin William DePriest Sutherland, my cousin of five generations ago. It was through this reconnection with that part of my family that I began wearing the kilt - in the Sutherland tartan to honor my cousin. This Sunday is the 175th anniversary of his death.



I recently found this letter from W.D. Sutherland's mother, my GGG Aunt, and it tells the story of those months in 1836 from a woman's viewpoint.

[macwilkin]

The Texas Convenor for our clan society has participated in a ceremony honouring the Scottish defenders of the Alamo, including our own David P. Cummings:

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/o...articles/fcu60
http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dew...rangersa-e.htm

In the words of General Houston, himself of Scottish ancestry (and a lover of Burns' poetry), "Now's the Day and Now's the Hour!"

I wonder where he got that from?

T.

[Irish Jack O'Brian]

The Texas Convenor for our clan society has participated in a ceremony honouring the Scottish defenders of the Alamo, including our own David P. Cummings:

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/o...articles/fcu60
http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dew...rangersa-e.htm

In the words of General Houston, himself of Scottish ancestry (and a lover of Burns' poetry), "Now's the Day and Now's the Hour!"

I wonder where he got that from?

T.

Oh, yes, David P. Cummings was one of the Immortal 32 of Gonzales! It was Dr. John Sutherland, W.D. Sutherland's Uncle, who Travis had sent to Gonzales seeking aid.

Those were amazing guys! To march into certain death...mercy.

[macwilkin]

Oh, yes, David P. Cummings was one of the Immortal 32 of Gonzales! It was Dr. John Sutherland, W.D. Sutherland's Uncle, who Travis had sent to Gonzales seeking aid.

Those were amazing guys! To march into certain death...mercy.

Indeed they were. I'm hoping to visit the Alamo (and maybe Goliad) this Summer when we're down visiting family.

T.

[Bill aka Mole]

Congratulations!

[Taygrd]

The SA Scottish Society in March does a ceremony at the Alamo and a dedication in April in memory of the Scots who perished there. Very moving.

[macwilkin]

The SA Scottish Society in March does a ceremony at the Alamo and a dedication in April in memory of the Scots who perished there. Very moving.

Yep, that's the ceremony our convener participates in.

T.

[Jack Daw]

The SA Scottish Society in March does a ceremony at the Alamo and a dedication in April in memory of the Scots who perished there. Very moving.

And, the Alamo Society, run by Bill Chemerka, also meets near the Alamo each year the same weekend. (I can't attend this year.)