May 29 – 1298 Map representing 1285 Scotland and some hill and mountain chains, showing the locations of Carrick, Annandale, Kyle, Nithsdale, Galloway, Ayr, Wigton, and Solway Firth.

Robert VI the Bruce, 6^th Lord of Annandale, Earl of Carrick (1253–1304) Grants a John Herolff a half virgate of land in Writtle.

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1546 – David Beaton, Scottish Catholic cardinal, died.

1573 surrender of Edinburgh castle, 29th May, 1573, puts the Regent Morton in supreme power in (TG32-150) Scotland.  The Regent Morton www.thereformation.info

1630 – Charles II (Teàrlach II Stiùbhairt) 1649–1651 born St James’s Palace, London, England son of Charles I and Henrietta Maria of France.

1643 Patrick Lyon, 3^rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne born, (29 May 1643 – 15 May 1695) was a Scottish peer and the son of John Lyon, 2^nd Earl of Kinghorne. Earl Strathmore married Helen Middleton, daughter of John Middleton, 1^st Earl of Middleton and wife Grizel Durham, on 23 August 1662

Patrick Lyon, 3^rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Castle Lyon ( now Castle Huntly) was purchased by 1^st Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne in 1614.  Lyon Crest: Within a garland of bay leaves, a lady from the middle richly attired, holding in her dexter hand a thistle all Proper. Motto: IN TE DOMINE SPERAVI.
[from Latin: “In Thee O Lord have I put my trust”]. Chief: Michael Fergus Bowes-Lyon, 18^th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne The crest alludes to the alliance of Sir John Lyon with the daughter of Robert II, Princess Jean.

1660 – Charles II (clan Stewart) arrives in London and the English monarchy is restored, on Charles 30^th birthday. In Scotland, the Presbyterians flattered themselves with a peculiar claim, having adhered to him during Cromwell. Wrong. Tytler’s Britannica.

1679 – anniversary of restoration, Battle of Rutherglen, protest, or testimony, as they called it, against the acts abolishing (TG51-239) Presbytery, and establishing Episcopacy.

Rutherglen auld Parish Church. rutherglenold.com/ history.html

It was either in this pre-Reformation church or in the graveyard that William Wallace concluded the peace between England and Scotland on 8^th February, 1297 and it was in this same place that Sir John Monteith contracted with the English to betray Wallace.

The Scottish Parliament called by the Guardians of Scotland met on 10^th May 1300 in the mediaeval church. The area round the church and graveyard was once the site of an important ‘Fair’. In his Book of Common Order published in 1564, John Knox lists what he called the ‘Fairies of Scotland’ i.e. Fairs of Scotland. St. Luke’s Fair is listed as being held on October 18^th in ‘Ruglane’.

1687 James 7^th (King of Scots, clan Stuart) issued letters patent “reviving and restoring the Order of the Thistle to its full glory, lustre and magnificency” on 29 May 1687. James VII claimed that he was reviving an earlier Order. A tradition that the order was instituted, or re-instituted, on the battlefield by Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn.

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James III (clan Stewart), who adopted the thistle as the royal plant badge and issued coins depicting thistles, founded the Order during the fifteenth century. Others state that James V (clan Stewart), who had been admitted to the Order of the Golden Fleece in the Holy Roman Empire, the Order of St Michael in France, and the Order of the Garter in England, established the Order of the Thistle in 1540 because he was embarrassed that he had no honour to confer on foreign monarchs.

James V perhaps conferred membership of the “Order of the Burr or Thissil” on King Francis I of France. A French commentator writing in 1558 described the use of the crowned thistle and the cross of St Andrew on Scottish coins and war banners, and added that there was no Scottish order of knighthood. Similarly, Bishop John Lesley writing a history of Scotland around 1578, refers to the three foreign orders of chivalry carved on the gate of James V’s Linlithgow Palace with his ornaments of St Andrew, proper to this nation. Some Scottish order of chivalry may have existed during the sixteenth century, possibly founded by James V and called the Order of St. Andrew, but lapsed by the end of that century. Insignia of a Knight of the Order of the Thistle

1755 Braddock’s March, North American Colonies. Ill-Starred General Braddock of the Coldstream Guards. On 29^th May 1755 the first contingent left Fort Cumberland in Maryland under Major Chapman of the 44^th Foot and Sir John Saint Clair, comprising 600 men of the 44^th and 48^th Foot. They took the route westerly out of Fort Cumberland straight up the mountain. Progress was slow and difficultroute taken by General Braddock’s army to the Ohio Forks, from Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania.

1930 Battle of Braddock’s Field 175^th anniversary July 9. Colonel George Washington statue known as the Battle of Monongahela. usstampgallery.com

1790 Rhode Island ratifies the Constitution, statehood, and has Scottish place names (Wikipedia)- Blackrock, Charlestown, Glendale, Hope, Jamestown, Kingston, Middletown, Newport, Riverside

1848 Wisconsin statehood, and has Scottish place names (Wikipedia)-

Albany, Allenton, Anderson (two places), Angus, Argyle, Arlington, Armstrong, Armstrong Creek, Arnott, Ashley, Ashton, Avon, Beechwood, Bell, Belmont, Blaine, Blair, Brighton, Brookfield, Bruce, Burnett County, Burns, Burnside, Caldwell, Caledonia (four places), Cameron, Campbell, Camp Douglas, Carnegie, Castle Rock, Chester(s), Clayton, Clifton, Clyde, Colburn, Crawford County, Cullen, Dallas, Dalton, Douglas, Douglas County, Drummond, Dunbar, Dunn (two places), Dunn County,Dunbarton, Dundee, Elcho (Earl of Wemyss and March),Ettrick, Fairburn, Fairfield, Fort McCoy Fulton, Galloway, Glen Haven, Glencoe, Glendale, Glenmore, Glenwood, Gordon (three places), Grant (six places), Grantsburg, Greenbush, Greenfield, Greenwood, Guthrie, Hamilton, Harris, Hayton, Highland, Highland Park, Hillside, Hope, Hunter, Irvine, Keene, Kelly, Kingston, Lamont, Lanark, Lennox, Leslie, Lewis, Lewiston, Linton, Linwood, Little Hope, Livingston, Longwood, Lynn, Lyons, MacIntire Creek, Marshall, Mayfield, McAllister, McDonald Creek, McFarland, McKays Spur, McKenzie Creek, McKinley (two places), McMillan, Melrose, Middleton, Milltown, Milton, Monroe, Montrose, Morton Corner, Mount Sterling, Mount Vernon, Murry, New Hope, Newark, Newburg, Newport, Newton, Norrie, North Clayton, Northfield, Oakley, Oakwood, Quinney, Reid, Riverside, Rockfield, Ross, Saint John, Saint Martins, Saint Marys, Saint Micheals, Scott (seven places), Scott Junction, Springfield, Stanley, Sterling, Sutherland, Thornton, Union Grove, Waverly, Westfield, Weston, Westport, Woodlawn. Great seal of the state of Wisconsin, note the badger above the shield, forward, pick ax, E pluribus unum, anchor, cornucopia, hammer and arm,

1866 – Winfield Scott, died. One of Lincoln’s Scots American generals. (b. 1786)

1899  David O. McKay, age 25, from 1951 9^th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Father was from Thurso, Scotland. Elder McKay attended missionary meeting in Scotland.  He later wrote ‘I remember as if it were but yesterday, the intensity of the inspiration of that occasion. Everybody felt the rich outpouring of the Spirit of the Lord. All present were truly of one heart and one mind. Never before had I experienced such an emotion. It was a manifestation for which as a doubting youth I had secretly prayed most earnestly on hillside and in meadow. It was an assurance to me that sincere prayer is answered ‘sometime, somewhere.’ During the progress of the meeting, an elder on his own initiative arose and said, ‘Brethren, there are angels in this room.’ Strange as it may seem, the announcement was not startling; indeed, it seemed wholly proper, though it had not occurred to me there were divine beings present. I only knew that I was overflowing with gratitude for the presence of the Holy Spirit.” Cherished Experiences from the Writings of President David O. McKay, 4–5. President McKay.

1937 Modern Inventions is an American film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists.  Donald Duck Series (fictional clan McDuck) . ‘Your hat, sir.’ Donald Duck tours the fictional Museum of Modern Marvels.

1940 Scotland. Chapter ‘The Fall of France, Back to France.’ Generations of gun controls and gun bans, gun taxes, and gun confiscations, had disarmed the families, farmers, city dwellers, of the Poles, and disarmed the neutral Belgians and Dutch, and disarmed the French, Scots, and English. Also, the Czechs, Danes, Austrians, Baltic states, Norwegians, all accepted gun bans.   Relying, as each supposed on their police and armies. Armies using mules and riding horses. Something out of the 17^th century. The families and churches were all to pay very dearly for such short sightedness. Terrible and crushing evils, murders, would be unleashed on a defenseless, helpless and unarmed populace. The shock of Nazi attack devastated Poland, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, and France. Next up was Great Britain. US postage 5 cent 1943 overrun countries series, Belgium. Churchill (clan Montgomery) was returned to the government.

• ‘Now at last the slowly gathered, long pent up fury of the storm broke upon us. Four or five millions of men met each other in the first shock of the most merciless of all wars of which record has been kept. Within a week the front in France *** was to be irretrievably broken. *** The British Army to be hurled into the sea with all its equipment lost. Within six weeks we were to find ourselves alone, almost DISARMED, with triumphant Germany and Italy at our throats, with the whole of Europe in Hitler’s power, and Japan glowering on the other side of the globe.’

Churchill, in behalf of the British, begged Roosevelt, for any arms, rifles, ammo, pistols, anything America would spare.

Marshall Islands postage 60 cents, Decade of People and Democracy, Terrorism claims Innocent Victims. In Remembrance of 270 people killed in the terrorist bombine of Pan American Airways flight 103 over Lockerbie Scotland 21 December 1988. The wreckage fell on the town of Lockerbie in the Dumfries and Galloway region of south-west Scotland.

2002 ‘On 29 May 2002, Libya offered up to US $2.7 billion to settle claims by the families of the 270 killed in the Lockerbie bombing, representing USD $10 million per family. ‘Jim Kreindler * which orchestrated the settlement, said – (from which legal fees, were deducted) “These are uncharted waters. It is the first time that any of the states designated as sponsors of terrorism have offered compensation to families of terror victims.” The US State Department maintained that it was not directly involved. “Some families want cash, others say it is bluid money,” said a State Department official. A civil action against Libya continued until 18 February 2005 on behalf of Pan Am and its insurers, which went bankrupt partly as a result of the attack. ‘The firm’s legal fees could exceed USD $300 million eventually. ***’

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2016 Turnberry Scotland. ‘When we bought this magnificent property in 2014, we knew that the newly renovated Trump Turnberry would be among the finest resorts anywhere in the world.

1994 Great Britain Turnberry 9^th Hole, GB 41.

‘We have spared no expense and are thrilled with the masterpiece that will soon re-open its doors to our members and guests alike. We could not be more proud of the end result – Turnberry now shines brighter than ever before.’ Eric Trump. This multi-million pound renovation involves every facet of the 800 acre property, from the remodeling of all guest rooms and suites to the new state-of-the-art grand ballroom, world-class restaurants, the restoration of the lighthouse and the Turnberry Golf Academy.

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2017 Utah is ranked 2^nd highest (4.6% of the state population) among the 50 United States with the top percentages of Scottish residents (Wikipedia 26 March 2017 wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Americans.   How are the Scots in Utah doing? Pack Your Bags – This Is the Happiest State in America BY MARIA YAGODA 34 USA Greetings from Utah.  People.com Excuse us as we pack up all of our things and purchase a one-way ticket to Utah. A new study from the personal finance website WalletHub set out to find the happiest states in the country across 28 metrics, from emotional health and income level to sports participation rate. And the happiest state in America was … Utah.

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