The Pibroch Official Journal St. Andrew’s Society of Baltimore standrewsbaltimore.org

April - May 2014 * Volume 208 Issue 3 * Stuart Blair Editor

Scotts Pay Tribute to Irish Brothers . . . St. Patrick’s Day Parade Submitted by Col. Al Schudel

The Kiltie Band of York and St. Andrew’s Society of Baltimore turned out and filtered into the lower part of Emmanuel Church. There our ladies were busy laying out donuts and juices with other goodies. This went on from 12:00 until 1:00. When a whistle blast sound sent The St. Andrew’s men to line up for a drill outside. Then flags were passed out and we joined the Kiltie Band at the starting point at 2:00 o’clock. St. Andrew’s men lined up to escort the Kiltie Band with 16 of our men the Schudel Clan of 5 carrying our Banner. The Kiltie Band of 22 Pipers and 12 drummers joined us and off we marched. The crowd was huge and enthusiastic all the way and the pipes and drummers were wonderful, and keeping us in step all the way. The end of the Parade we and the Kilties traded Hip- Hip-Hoorays. We boarded our Buses for the return trip to the Church. Thanks to our lassies, the Scottish Bangers, Chips and Beer were waiting for us. Marion, Babs, Kay, and Carol . . . Love you all “ ’n aire do litrichean mór/beag is sràcan”

President’s Wee Word A Birthday Night with . . . .

With the warmer weather . . . . Oor Robbie comes increased activity both inside and out. Our It was January 25, 1759 in the village of Alloway, two Stated Meetings resumed in miles south of Ayr where Robert burns was March with the next to be born in a wee cottage. On Saturday January 25, 2014 th held on Thursday, May 8 . the Members Saint Andrew’s Society of Baltimore and The Baltimore Saint Patrick’s their guest celebrated the 255th birthday of the “peasant Day Parade is past and now poet” at the historic Maryland Club in Baltimore. 129 we are getting ready for the various festivals and attended the festive evening with poems and speeches, held around good food and laughter. The sound of the pipes filled the state. The big one for the great rooms as the guests were dinning on the which your Society has been traditional delicious Scottish supper. As always there a participant for over 40 years is the Colonial Highland was the ceremonial address to the haggis that was Gathering at Fair Hill, MD (http://fairhillscottishgames.org/). It delivered to the celebrants in style and emotion by our is held on the third Saturday in May (5/17) and is organized by own Nicholas McIntosh. A motivational request from the Scottish Games Association of Delaware. This year will the President Herb Glasby who emphasized the have multiple Grade 2 Bands competing so the Massed Bands importance of participation in Society Events and that event at Mid-Day will be especially glorious. Besides bagpipe band competitions there are the individual competitions in the success of our society is driven by the membership piping, fiddling, highland dancing, and athletics. Professional and those who get involved. A nostalgic evening was musical performances are held throughout the day on the enjoyed by all and as the guest retired for the evening entertainment stage. Included in the day’s festivities are the thoughts of Robert Burns and the man that he was sheep dog demonstrations, re-enactors, sheep-to-sweater will remain in our hearts as we look forward to the 256th demonstrations, and a clan tent area for visiting with your birthday celebration. kinsmen. Mid-afternoon, your Society will host a Haggis Parade, with the Bard’s Address to the Haggis provided prior to its being served to those in attendance. It’s truly a fun time for the whole family and I hope to see you there. I will also have a tent at the Southern Maryland Celtic Festival (http://www.cssm.org/) on Saturday, April 26th which is held at Jefferson Patterson State Park and Museum in St. Leonard, Calvert County, MD. Similarly, I will have a tent at the Frederick Celtic Festival (http://www.frederickcelticfestival.com/) hosted by the St. th Andrew’s Society of Mid-Maryland on Saturday May 10 at the Mt. Airy Fire Dept. Fairgrounds in Mt. Airy, MD. So get some sun and have some fun, be about, and enjoy your Scottish heritage this spring with your clansmen. th The U.S. Congress declared APRIL 6 as DAY (http://www.tartanday.org/history) so celebrate all weekend by first attending the Tartan Ball on Saturday April 5th and then by wearing your to Kirk the next day. Another glorious event will be the Kirkin’ o’ the Tartan at the Cathedral of Mary our Queen on North Charles Street on Sunday April 27th. Show up is 10am and the service begins at 11. The attire is Daywear. Show your ancestral colors and join your Society brothers in the camaraderie of the events this spring. See you there….

Yours aye,

Herb Glasby, III th President Herb Glasby and Lady Marion 54 President Celebrating Robbie Burns’ Birthday

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The Declaration of Arbroath . . . . Arbroath Abbey . . . A Historic View is a declaration of Scottish independence made in 1320. It is in the form of a letter submitted to Pope John XXII, dated 6 April 1320, intended to confirm Scotland's status King William gave the Abbey independence from as an independent, sovereign state and defending its mother church and endowed it generously; including Scotland's right to use military action when unjustly income from 24 parishes, land in every royal burgh and attacked. more. The Abbey's monks were allowed to run a market and build a harbour. King John of England gave the Two things make the Declaration of Arbroath the most Abbey permission to buy and sell goods anywhere important document in Scottish history. in England except London.

First it set the will and the wishes of the people Arbroath Abbey was an important place in the early above the King. Though they were bound to him 'both 14th century. Founded in 1178, it was home to the by law and by his merits' it was so that their freedom Monymusk Reliquary, a casket that contained the relics might be maintained. If he betrayed them he would be of St . That casket was carried into battle at removed and replaced. This remarkable obligation Bannockburn to offer saintly support to the Scots. After placed upon a feudal monarch by his feudal subjects the events of 1320, the abbey has come to achieve even may be explained in part by the fact that Bruce was still greater significance as the Declaration has taken on a heather king to many of them, still a wild claimant international significance as an early expression of ruling upon sufferance and success. But the roots of his freedom. This despite the fact that the abbey was kingship were Celtic, and a Celtic tradition was here heavily knocked about after the Scottish Reformation, invoked. and many of its stones taken away and reused for building elsewhere. Second, the manifesto affirmed the nation's independence in a way no battle could, and justified it The Abbey, which was the richest in Scotland, is most with a truth that is beyond nation and race. Man has a famous for its association with the 1320 Declaration of right to freedom and a duty to defend it with his life. Arbroath, believed to have been drafted by The natural qualifications put upon this by a medieval Abbot Bernard, who was the Chancellor of Scotland baron are irrelevant, as are the reservations which slave- under King Robert I. owning Americans placed upon their declaration of independence. The truth once spoken cannot be The Abbey fell into ruin after the Reformation. From checked, the seed once planted controls its own growth, 1590 onward, its stones were raided for buildings in the and the liberty which men secure for themselves must town of Arbroath. This continued until 1815 when steps be given by them to others, or it will be taken as they were taken to preserve the remaining ruins. took it. Freedom is a hardy plant and must flower in equality and brotherhood. (John Prebble)

The Declaration is now kept in the National Archives, Scottish Records Office in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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The Almoner’s Report Flowers of the Forrest

Rev. Dr. George Gray Toole Kenneth F. Diehl * January 26, 2013, Age 81 * Honorary Member * Member since 1985 "Never apologize for being your best." Jack D. Gourlay * March 14. 2014, Age 82, * Member since 1969 This anonymous quote is right on the mark and a good corrective. How often you and I have heard someone commended for doing A Salute to Jack Gourlay something good and hear them respond, "Oh, it was I trust many members remember Jack & Jeanne nothing!" In fact, what they Gourley. Both attended many Society events, especially did was really something and Burns Night. I recall being told Jack's father was a revealed them at their best. Burns scholar; therefore Jack was too. Debbie & I are pleased to count Jeanne & Jack as good friends. We, in the St. Andrew's Society of Baltimore, do many things that show us at our best and without need for any On Friday, March 14th Jack passed to the land of the apology or false modesty. One of those is remembering, ever young. Jack suffered for many years with a contacting, and supporting our members when they respiratory problem and was not able to attend recent encounter adversity or engage in celebration. Many may events. forget that we extend financial aid to fellow Scots in need. In addition, we are also present for one another in Over several years I would visit & keep them up on times of illness and grief. Society events. I was not at all familiar with Jack's professional career, but it was noted in the obituary that In light of that, remember the family of Francis I. Catlin, Jack served in the Army Security Agency & ultimately MD, who died recently in Houston. Among his family retired from NSA. Besides assignments in the U S, members is Robert I. Catlin, II, who is a valued member Jeanne & Jack were stationed in Japan & Yorkshire, of the Society. It is a difficult time for this family, since England. Rob also recently went through a battery of diagnostic tests and waits word of the outcome and possible On Thursday the 13th, I spoke with Jeanne & treatment. understood Jack was in a coma & not expected to recover. I was able to spend a few minutes that afternoon with Jack, to say thanks for his friendship. In the good news category, the Society has two new George Toole was able to visit as well & eventually grandfathers. Greg W. Scott and Michael S Betts have conducted the memorial service on Tuesday the 18th. In both welcomed grandchildren and are bursting with Scottish tradition a bagpiper was paying laments and Gaelic pride. other tunes at the service. Internment was at the Dulany Valley Memorial Gardens. In a final parting, I saluted Keep well and don't apologize for being your best! Jack with a dram; I'm sure he smiled. Hugs to Jeanne.

Yours aye, Aye George Bill Kommalan

Do your best

O Lord, I know You help me do my best,Everyday. I thank You for helping me be who I am, And how I am. I ask You that you support be to aspire To be better in everything I do.

Amen.

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Escort to the Colors Hospitality Wm. Hay Kommalan “E.T.C.,” the Escort to the Colors is the unofficial “face” Well, maybe the winter snows of the St. Andrew’s Society of are over & with the coming of Baltimore. Spring, we will be able to come out of hibernation. On We welcome your joining us March 13th, we held our first in the fun and camaraderie Stated Meeting for the year we share, so please contact and our guest speaker was special. Jan Miles, Captain of Bob Kennick: (410-654-1021/ [email protected]) the Pride of Baltimore II, Al Schudel (410-435-7725) spoke about the significance of the ship being built to be the Ambassador for the City of Baltimore and the State of Maryland. Jan recounted the history of the ship's design as a famed Baltimore Clipper ship & ETC Coming Events: how predecessor sister ships played a role in the War of KIRKIN’ * Cathedral “may Our Queen” 1812, which lead to the British bombardment of Ft. Sunday, April 27 @ 11:00 AM McHenry & the Battle for Baltimore. I'm sure everyone knows the bicentennial celebration as the event occurs

this September. The Clipper ship design was developed Colonial Highland Gathering * Fair Hill in Baltimore, probably with the help of skilled immigrant Opening Ceremony Scottish craftsmen. The Pride of Baltimore II no longer Saturday, May 17 @ 10:00 AM receives financial support from the City or State & is totally dependent on private donations. If any of you Memorial Day Ceremony have the opportunity to visit the Pride or be fortunate Korean War Memorial * Boston Street enough to sail on her, I recommend you jump at it. Monday, May 26 * Show up 10:00 AM Thanks to Jan for a great presentation.

The next a Stated Meeting will be on Thursday, May Details: “Calendar of Events – Men in ” INSERT 8th. We anticipate the Baltimore Gaelic Athletic Club will return to hold a full field demonstration of the sport of hurling. Several members spoke to us last November Trivia Question but this will give us an opportunity to see it played on the field. All we need is no rain so we can be outside. In 1745 what English law was enacted to subdue the vanquished Highlanders — banned the wearing of any As a reminder, we plan to hold our Oct. Stated Meeting at Ft. McHenry. A prepared picnic dinner will be served. sign of the Tartan, forbad any speaking in Gaelic, th outlawed Scottish music, dancing, or the playing of the This is a time to honor the 200 anniversary of the pipes? bombardment of the fort & the Battle for Baltimore.

Aye The Scottish Highlanders subsequently hid pieces of Bill Kommalan tartan under their clothing and brought them to church Hospitality Chair for a secret blessing or kirkin’ at a particular point in the service by the minister.

A more recent and better documented version of the Transportation to and from . . . tradition “ Kirkin’ of the ” began as a Scottish- Fair Hill Scottish Festival / Games American custom by Peter Marshall in the forties. We are looking to see if there is any interest in renting a a) Act of Culloden Victorious 15 passenger van to transport members and their b) Act of Hanoverian Rule spouses up to and back from the Colonial Highland c) Act of Dualchas Deòrachd Gathering in Fair Hill, Md. The cost for the rental would d) Act of Proscription be divided among the participants. A common public parking lot would be the gathering place such as the light Answer on page 7 rail lot on Deerco Road or another agreed upon location. Interested persons should contact Stuart Blair at 410- 665-6440 and/or [email protected]. If we did this for this year, we would need responses by April 30th. - 5 -

Scottish Immigrant elections, finishing well behind Thomas Brackett

Reed and runner-up William McKinley. Prior to his David Bremner Henderson election as speaker, he served as the chairman of the Committee on Militia (in the Fifty-first Congress), and (March 14, 1840 – February 25, 1906) chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary (in the Fifty- Ten term Republican Congressman fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses). He was also the from Dubuque, Iowa, was ranking Republican on the House Committee on the Speaker of the United States Appropriations during the period of Democratic control, House of Representatives from but when Republicans returned to control of the House 1899 to 1903. He was the first after the 1894 elections, Speaker Reed departed with Congressman from west of tradition by returning the chairmanship to Joseph Gurney the Mississippi River, the last Civil Cannon, who had served more nonconsecutive terms in War veteran, the second foreign- the House and would have outranked Henderson had born person (after Charles Frederick Cannon not lost his House seat for two years. Crisp), and so far the only Iowan to Henderson was an aggressive debater and an intense serve as Speaker. Republican partisan. He seems to have loved a fight; he got into enough of them from his very first term, Henderson was born in Old Deer, Scotland on March 14, exercising his power of personal vituperation and abuse 1840. He immigrated to the United States with his against Democrats whenever he found grounds to do so. parents, who initially settled in Winnebago County, His secret for political success came from combining Illinois, in 1846. His family soon moved to a farm mainstream Republican causes with those dear to the near Clermont, in Fayette County, Iowa in 1849. He hearts of his farmland constituency. In the summer of attended the common schools, and the Upper Iowa 1886, he led House forces in favor of levying a high tax University at Fayette, Iowa. on oleomargarine. At the same time he sponsored a bill to raise the benefits for veterans' widows by fifty percent. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War and (On the final passage of another bill he favored, was wounded severely twice, once in the neck and later increasing the pensions of disabled veterans, Henderson in the leg, which resulted in progressive amputations of withheld his vote, since he would stand among the that leg. He initially enlisted in the Union Army on beneficiaries). His commitment to pension legislation, September 15, 1861, as a private in Company C, 12th general and individual, marked his whole career and Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He was elected and took up most of his time. No member did more than he in commissioned first lieutenant of that company. In that respect.[7] the Battle of Fort Donelson, he was shot in the neck in the final charge over the breastworks. After returning to During his four-year tenure as Speaker of the House, the Regiment in April 1862, he lost one foot and part of many of his peers lobbied him to run for the presidency one leg at the Second Battle of Corinth in October even though the United States Constitution forbade it [2] 1862. He was discharged on February 26, 1863 due to because he was foreign born. his wounds, and returned to Iowa. After serving as commissioner of the board of enrollment of the third On September 16, 1902 - with the next Congressional district of Iowa from May 1863 to June 1864, he re- election less than two months away - Henderson entered the Army as colonel of the new 46th Iowa surprised nearly everyone by announcing that he was Volunteer Infantry Regiment, one of the "Hundred Days withdrawing from the race for re-election (and thus from

Men" regiments, and commanded the Regiment until it Congress). Various explanations for his abrupt was mustered out in September 1864.[3] withdrawal have been offered. Henderson's letter announcing his decision referred to "a growing He was a successful lawyer prior to pursuing his political sentiment, among Republicans, that I do not truly career. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in represent their views on the tariff question." 1865 and commenced practice in Dubuque. He was the collector of internal revenue for the third district of Iowa After leaving Congress, Henderson practiced law in New from November 1865 to June 1869, when he resigned to York City until health problems caused him to retire to accept a position as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern California.Henderson died in Dubuque on Northern District of Iowa, where he served until 1871. He February 25, 1906, aged 65. He is buried at Linwood was in private practice in Dubuque until 1882.[1] Cemetery in Dubuque.

In 1882, he was elected as a Republican to His portrait hangs in the speakers' room in the U.S. represent Iowa's 3rd congressional district in the U.S. Capitol, and statues of Henderson by J. Massey Rhind House. He served in the Forty-eighth and the nine are found the collections of the Iowa State Historical succeeding Congresses, from March 4, 1883 to March 4, Society and in Clermont. 1903. He first ran for Speaker following the 1888 - 6 -

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Coatbridge, Scotland ____

Birthplace of quote “When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.”

. . . is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, about 10 miles (16 km) east of Glasgow city centre, set in thecentral Lowlands. The town, with neighbouring Airdrie, is part of the Greater Glasgow urban area. While the earliest known settlement of the area dates back to the Stone Age era, the founding of the town can be traced to the 12th century when a Royal Charter was granted to the Monks of Newbattle Abbey by King Malcolm IV. Coatbridge, along with its neighbourAirdrie, forms the area known as the Monklands.

It was during the last years of the 18th century that the area developed from a loose collection of hamlets into the town of Coatbridge. The town's development and growth have been intimately connected with the technological advances of the industrial revolution, and in particular with the hot blast process. Coatbridge was a major Scottish centre for iron works and coal mining during the 19th century and in this period was described as 'the industrial heartland of Scotland'[3] and the 'Iron Burgh'.

Coatbridge today is best described as a working class town anchored to Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland. It has also been described as "populated largely by people of Irishdescent"

Also known as the birthplace of Peter Marshal, Presbyterian Minister “Kirkin’ of the Tartan”

APRIL MAY

Event: Board of Managers Meeting Event: Board of Managers Meeting Date: Tuesday, April 1 Date: Tuesday, May 6 Time: 8:00 p.m. Time: 8:00 p.m. Place: St. Andrew's Christian Community Church Place: St. Andrew's Christian Community Church

Event: Tartan Ball Event: Stated Meeting Date: Saturday, April 5 Date: Thursday, May 8 Time: Cocktails @ 6:00 p.m.; Dinner @ 8:00 p.m. Time: Bar opens @ 5:30 p.m. Place: Boumi Temple, King Avenue Dinner starts @ 6:30 p.m. Attire: Black Tie/Highland Evening Wear Place: Towson American Legion

Event: Southern Maryland Celtic Festival (attend on your own) Event: COLONIAL HIGHLAND GAMES Date: April 26 Date: Saturday, May 17 Time: 9 a.m. Time: Show-Up @ 10:00 a.m. Place: Jefferson Patterson Park March on @ 1:00 pm (Greg Scott will have the society tent) Place: Fair Hill, Maryland Attire: Khaki Shirt Event: Kirkin Cathedral of Mary Our Queen Note: Pitch-in-Picnic North Charles Street Date: Sunday April 27, 2014 Event: Memorial Day Ceremony Time: Show up 10:15 AM, service 11:00 AM Date: Monday, 26 May Place: Cathedral of Mary our Queen Time: Show-Up @ 10 am Ceremony @ 11am North Charles Street Place: Korean War Veterans Memorial Attire: Daywear Boston Street in Canton

Attire: Khaki Shirt NOTE:

Gathering at “Ryan’s Daughter Restaurant” __After Mass and Kirkin JUNE

Event: Washington National Cathedral - Kirkin' Event: Board of Managers Meeting Date: Sunday, April 27 (attend on your own) Date: Tuesday, June 3 Time: Show-Up @ 4 p.m.; Service starts @ 4:00 p.m. Time: 8:00 p.m. Place: St. Andrew's Christian Community Church “show up on your own”

Place: National Cathedral Event: Joint Meetings of Societies (Host TBA) Massachusetts & Wisconsin Aves. Date: Saturday, June TBA Washington, D.C. Time: TBA Attire: Day Wear Place: TBA

Event: Kirkin' – St. Anne's Episcopal Church, Annapolis Date: Sunday, June 8 Need more events information Time: Show-Up @ 8:30 a.m. Contact Bob Kennick Service starts @ 9:30 a.m. Place: Legislative Parking Lot, Rowe Boulevard @ 410-654-1021 Attire: Khaki Shirt

On May 17, 2014-Save The Date 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. The Scottish Games Association of Delaware, Inc.

Present

The 54th Annual Colonial Highland Gathering

Fair Hill, Maryland

RAIN OR SHINE The 2014 Colonial Highland Games

dedicated to

Colonial Highland Gathering's founder; Maclean Macleod

FAIR HILL 2014 – GRADE 2 PIPEBAND CONTEST

The Scottish Games Association of Delaware, who sponsor the Colonial Highland Gathering at Fair Hill, MD, are celebrating the contribution to piping and pipe bands of Maclean Macleod, founder of these Games, by organizing a Grade 2 band contest including all five grade 2 bands within the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association