April 6, 2006
From The Archives of the Scotsman
In honour of Tartan Week, the Scotsman is offering selected articles from its archives. A small sample below:
25th October 1854: The fate of Sir John Franklin Scottish immigrant John Rae led a small party of explorers across the Boothia Peninsula in the mid-1850s to map the missing link in the fabled Northwest Passage in Canada. The accomplishment should have earned him glory. Instead, Rae faded from the record amid reports of cannibalism from an earlier expedition involving Sir John Franklin, whose remains Rae discovered. 28th June 1917: Arrival of first Amercian troops in France World War I The US declared war against Germany in April 1917. By June the American Expeditionary Force, led by Gen. John Joseph Pershing, reached France to join the Allied forces in battle. Within a year, two million American soldiers would be on French soil. 11th February 1927: Famous Scottish-Americans Scottish men and women in the thousands have played significant roles in moulding America. There are statesmen, craftsmen, inventors and idealists. They all shared a life that started in Scotland and carried into the New World, where their passion to build a nation was their commonality.Posted by Ithildin at April 6, 2006 8:55 AM | PROCURE FINE OLD WORLD ABSINTHE
