HALIFAX Tuesday marks National Tartan Day in Canada – a chance to celebrate the country s Scottish roots. The Minister of Canadian Heritage officially declared April 6 as National Tartan Day in October of 2010. The date was chosen because it corresponds with the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath in the year 1320– the Scottish Declaration of Independence. James Machattie is the director of education at the College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts in Summerside, P.E.I. He says he lives each day by staying close to his Scottish roots. When people leave their homeland, they tend to bring their traditions with them and they tenaciously grab onto them, said Machattie.
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