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On Remembrance Day : Remembering the Fearless Lady, Countess Haig She was born Dorothy Maud Viviaen, a twin daughter to Lord Vivian in 1879, and in 1905, the year of her marriage to Field Marshall Haig she was privileged to be named Maid of Honor to Queen Victoria and in turn Lady in Waiting to Queen Alexandra. After the death of her husband she fearlessly defended his memory while continuing his charitable work for the benefit of veterans. writing a memoir about their rel...ationship, "The Man I Knew." Lady Haig teamed up with American Moina Belle Michael and French Anna Guérin, in an effort to promote the "Flanders rRd Poppy" as the symbol of the sacrifices of military veterans - the poppy being Inspired by the now famous poem, In Flanders Field, Lady Haig was so inspired by the Poppy that she became aprime mover in a movement to use red paper poppies as a token of grief over the overwhelming numbers of casualties from WWI., Lady Haig in March 1926 in Edinburgh, United Kingdom established the Lady Haig Poppy Factory with just two workers, two wounded soldiers, a pair of scissors and a piece of paper, and soon after her staff numbered twenty eight workers, with a waiting list of wounded veterans seeking employment to make poppies honoring their fallen hero comrades. To qualify to work at the Lady Haig's Poppy Factory each veteran must be in receipt of a war pension. When demand grew, the factory moved from Edinburgh’s Canongate to bigger premises in the Warriston district of Edinburgh. Today, the factory still bears Lady Haig’s name, and in 2017 the first female poppy maker was hired, honoring women veterans. Lady Haig continued to be involved with the Poppy Factory in her later years, selling the factory’s products behind the Factory shop counter. Countess Haig passed away in Bangor, North Wales in 1939 and is buried in Scotland. The National Portrait Gallery has 14 portraits of her. Her legacy lives in in the countless paper poppy wreaths and pins which honor war dead around the world, particularly on November 11, - known as Remembrance Day in Britain and the Commonwealth and Veterans Day in the United States. Read more here, https://www.historyscotland.com//poppies-a-symbol-of-remem

Throughout Scotland Poppyscotland have undertaken a wonderful initiative which sees buildings throughout Scotland bathed in red light in honor of Remembrance Day, in support of their vital work at Poppy Scotland for the Armed Forces community ASF share an image by young Scot and ASF Friend Martin Urquart of Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow, United Kingdom part of Poppyscotland Remembrance Day Appeal Poppyscotland Light up Red in honor and support of the Armed Forces community

Scotland on threshold of European soccer success. Sports report by Cameron Steer Scotland are now one game away from the Euro 2020 Championship... On Thursday November 12th Scotland will play Serbia in a play-off game in Serbia, the prize, entry to the European Championship Tournament. Read all about it in our ASF Magazine! https://americanscottishfoundation.com/magazine/?p=7217

Join us for ASF's latest #ScotsInUs Podcast Shetland Island Wool & Textiles : Spotlight on Shetland Wool Week We are "In Conversation with" Oliver Henry of Jamieson & Smith Shetland Wool Brokers and knitwear designer Janette Budge discovering the fascinating world of Shetland Wool, the islanders and the success of Shetland Wool Week ... Available on Apple, Spotify podcast platforms - full details on our ASF biweekly podcasts via our magazine https://americanscottishfoundation.com/magazine/?page_id=686 Oliver Henry shares how he got involved in the renowned Shetland wool industry and explains how the skills and knowledge of which have been passed down over the generations. We continue our journey with Janette Budge Shetland Knitwear Designer & Tutor. speaks to us about Fair Isle Knitting and Shetland Wool Week, Hear the sounds of the Shetland Isles with music from Filska, HomBru and Malachy Tallack. You can listen to our podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Anchor. More details available on our website: https://americanscottishfoundation.com/magazine/ Shetland PeerieMakkers Shetland Guild of Spinners Knitters Weavers and Dyers. Promote Shetland

If you have not tried Stockan's Oatcakes before now is the time. The Scottish Grocer have an offer of 20% off during November . Use code STOCKANS20 - one order per person. AND the Scottish Grocer are making a donation to the American Scottish Foundation from orders placed - a GREAT way to help the Foundation and also fill your larder with great Scottish products Shipped directly to you from Charlotte NC, go to 222.thescottishgrocer.com to order.. Enjoy!

Remembrance Day - November 11th Reflecting & Remembering For the American Scottish Foundation one of the years most poignant moments is Remembrance Day, at the 11minute of the 11th hour, the 11th day of the 11th month a moment of silence is taken and wreaths layed in honor of all those who have given their lives. This year we cannot gather and so we take a moment to look back to Remembrance Day 2019. ASF was honored to join our sister societies at the @Queen Elizabeth II ...Garden, Hanover Square, Lower Manhattan, for a wreath laying ceremony. The Foundation was represented by our Vice Chairman, Elizabeth De Forest Scott. This year Remembrance Sunday, will see wreaths layed throughout Britain and the Commonwealth, at Villages and towns even though large ceremonies are cancelled as we Reflect and Remember Remembrance Day is observed throughout Britain and the Commonwealth. Introduced after World War I to recognize Armed Forces lives lost. The wearing of poppies and laying of poppy wreaths continues as a symbol of lives lost to this day.

Remembrance Day November 11th, a time to Reflect and Remember. For us at the The American-Scottish Foundation one of the years most poignant moments is Remembrance Day, at the 11minute of the 11th hour, the 11th day of the 11th month a moment of silence is taken and wreaths layed in honor of all those who have given their lives. This year we cannot gather and so we take a moment to look back to Remembrance Day 2019. ASF was honored to join our sister societies at the The... Queen Elizabeth II Garden Hanover Square, Lower Manhattan, for a wreath laying ceremony. The Foundation was represented by our Vice Chairman, Elizabeth De Forest Scott. Services of Remembrance are traditionally held on the Sunday nearest to November 11th. This year we have noted that Remembrance Day Observances being held virtually on Wednesday 11th November as well.

ASF continues to share with you Poppyscotland's wonderful initative to see buildings throughout Scotland bathed in red light in honor of Remembrance Day and in support of their vital work for the Armed Forces community Young Scot and ASF Friend Martin Urquart shares with us photos of Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum part of Poppyscotland Remembrance Day Appeal

Poppy scotland wonderful Light Up initative sees buildings throughout Scotland bathed in red light - a wonderful inspiring campaign as we look to honor lives lost on Remembrance Day Learn more of this from https://www.poppyscotland.org.uk//poppy-appeal/light-up-red

To the artists' eye, their work recreates the moment of the most beautiful memory of their gaze. The American Scottish Foundation loves this work by Scott Neill, Lava Sky over parts of Scotland, taken on October 27, 2020 Thank you for sharing with us.... https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-54705568, and the another a Lava Sky within the collections of the National Galleries of Scotland, Sunset over the Sea (1980) John Houston, from The Estate of John Houston., https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and//sunset-over-sea To learn more about "Beautiful Nature," read here at the Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert, translated, housed at the University of Michigan collections.

In June 2020 in Peebles, Peebleshire, about 22 miles south of Edinburgh, in the amidst of a global pandemic, a Bronze Age sword, jewelry, horse harness, and parts of a chariot were discovered by an amateur treasure hunter, and this unlikely discovery has now become one of the most significant Bronze Age discoveries ever found in Scotland. The Scottish Government’s Scotland’s Treasure Trove Unit sent archaeologists to the site and estimated that the artifacts are approximatel...y 3,000 years old. Check out the niffy map of the excavation site by click on the Smithsonian Magazine article here, https://www.smithsonianmag.com//trove-bronze-age-artifact/ And read more here about this exciting find: https://phys.org//2020-08-treasure-hunter-year-old-hoard-s

ASF News and Updates : November 5, 2020 - we share with you our love of Scotland

Join us on Monday November 9th 7pm For ASF #ScotsInUs Podcast hosted by Jamie McGeechan for Shetland Island Wool & Textiles Spotlights on Shetland Wool Week... We will be :"In Conversation with" Oliver Henry and Janette Budge discovering the fascinating world of Shetland Wool, the islanders and the success of Shetland Wool Week With music from Malachy Tallack HomBru and Filska In Conversation with Oliver Henry from Jamieson & Smith Shetland Wool Brokers and learn of the process of working in the renowned Shetland wool industry, the skills and knowledge of which have been passed down over the generations We continue our journey with Janette Budge Shetland knitwear designer with a passion for Shetland wool and textiles. Janette is involved in Shetland Wool Week, Shetland PeerieMakkers and the Shetland Guild of Spinners Knitters Weavers and Dyers.

Sports Feature by Cameron Steer: Famous Scots in Sport - The Shot Heard Around the World When discussing the greatest moments in the history of America’s beloved sport Baseball, some popular American sporting icons may come up, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Jackie Robinson or Joe Dimaggio for instance. What you may not expect to hear about is a gentleman from Glasgow who sent the baseball world into a frenzy at the time for his three run home run which won the pennant for the giant...s in 1951. The shot that resulted in this historical play was dubbed the shot heard around the world. The Scottish born baseball star responsible for this historical moment was Bobby Thomson. Bobby was born in Townhead, in Glasgow and had six siblings who all emigrated to America with him when he was two years old, in 1925. Bobby grew up on Staten Island next to New York City and as soon as he graduated highschool, he signed a professional baseball contract for the NY Giants in 1942 but almost immediately took a hiatus for military service before being discharged in 1945, thereby returning to play semi-pro baseball. Bobby had an incredibly successful career here in America, with eight 20 home run seasons and even three all star team selections. However it was his shot heard around the world which overshadowed these fantastic achievements and immortalized the Scot in baseball folklore. Read more of the article on our website: https://bit.ly/325gy0o