#declaration of arbroath

[scotianostra]

Quote Wall - National Museum Of Scotland by Ryan Knighton Via Flickr: "As Long As Only 100 Of Us Remain Alive We Will Never Under Any Conditions Be Bought To English Rule"

[1five1two]

Most Holy Father and Lord, we know and from the chronicles and books of the ancients we find that among other famous nations our own, the Scots, has been graced with widespread renown. They journeyed from Greater Scythia by way of the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Pillars of Hercules, and dwelt for a long course of time in Spain among the most savage tribes, but nowhere could they be subdued by any race, however barbarous. Thence they came, twelve hundred years after the people of Israel crossed the Red Sea, to their home in the west where they still live today.

Declaration of Arbroath

[ashmarie1687]

Via ScotlandsPeople on Facebook:

A very happy 701st birthday to the most famous national treasure in our archive, the Declaration of Arbroath – created 6 April 1320 and looking great going into its eighth century!

Find out more about this fascinating document in English here

And here in Gaelic

[sapphos-bee]

Apparently It's the 700th anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath today! Scottish independence when

[incorrectswntquotes]

Happy Declaration of Arbroath day 🤩🙏🏽🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[sgribhisg]

FOIRGHEALL OBAR BHROTHAIG

Ann an 1320, air an t-siathamh latha den Ghiblean, ’s iad uaislean mòra na h-Alba a chuir an ainmean ri Foirgheall Obar Bhrothaig. Bha iad ag iarraidh air a’ Phàp Iain XXII aithne a thoirt do dh’Alba mar nàisean neo-eisimeileach.

[In 1320, on the sixth day of April, the Declaration of Arbroath was signed by the great nobles of Scotland. They called for Pope John XXII to recognize Scotland as an independent nation.]

🎧 Faidhle-Fuaime le Learn Gaelic: http://bit.ly/2CWlR5B

[bantarleton]

“As long as only one hundred of us remain alive we will never on any condition be brought under English rule” - the Declaration of Arbroath, Scotland, 1320. 

[silentambassadors]

Happy Tartan Day, Canada, the United States of America, and Argentina!  Not to be confused with Australia’s Tartan Day on July 1 celebrating the repeal of the English ban on wearing tartan (in effect from 1746 to July 1, 1782), the Tartan Day originating in Canada celebrates the April 6, 1320, Declaration of Arbroath, a letter to Pope John XXII intending to confirm Scotland’s status as an independent, sovereign state and defending her right to use military action when unjustly attacked (ostensibly by the barbarians to the south).  Maybe one day.....

Stamp details: Issued on: April 1, 1970 From: London, England MC #539