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Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
But did the Colorado legislature create its own specific holiday, or this simply a Tartan Day event held on the weekend to allow more people to attend? Missouri recognises April 6th as the holiday, but St. Charles holds the annual MO Tartan Day festival on the weekend closest to the 6th.

It, of course, is not a holiday. A holiday is either a holy-day of observation or a special day where all are exempt from work. It is neither. A day designated as one to recognize or observe (in this case tartans or Scottish heritage) something is not a holiday unless banks, work and other non-essential operations are ceased. It is a day, like teacher's day, halloween or similar, that has obtained recognition status for a special interest or group. I haven't seen it as a "holiday" in the U.S. anywhere, nor do I expect to.


Mea culpa. I stand corrected, Reverend. As I mentioned, Tartan Day is officially recognized by the United States Congress:

http://www.tartanday.org/history.htm

You can read the text of Senate Resolution 155 and HR 41 here. In addition, many state legislatures have also officially recognized it.

Holiday or not (and in the Anglican and Roman traditions, we have Holy Days of Obligation, not Observation), it is still a good reason to recognize the contributions of the Scottish diaspora to our country.

But you still didn't answer my question: Did Colorado create/invent its own version of Tartan Day, or does it simply recognize April 6th and celebrate it at another time? I'm not trying to be pedantic; I am simply curious.

T.