A SENATE RESOLUTION

DESIGNATING APRIL 6 OF EACH YEAR AS "IDAHO TARTAN DAY" IN RECOGNITION OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THOSE CITIZENS OF SCOTTISH DESCENT.

Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Idaho:

WHEREAS, April 6 has a special significance for all Americans, and especially those Americans of Scottish descent, because the Declaration of Arbroath, the Scottish Declaration of Independence, was signed on April 6, 1320, and the American Declaration of Independence was modeled after that inspirational document; and

WHEREAS, we honor the major role that Scottish Americans played in the founding of this nation, such as the fact that many of the signers of the Dec- laration of Independence were of Scottish descent, the governors in nine of the original thirteen states were of Scottish ancestry, and Scottish Americans successfully helped shape this country in its formative years and guide this nation through its most troubled times; and

WHEREAS, we recognize the monumental achievements and invaluable contribu- tions made by Scottish Americans such as Neil Armstrong, Alexander Graham Bell, Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Alva Edison, William Faulkner, Malcolm Forbes, Billy Graham, Alexander Hamilton, Washington Irving, John Paul Jones, John Marshall, Andrew Mellon, Samuel F.B. Morse, James Naismith, Edgar Allen Poe, Gilbert Stuart, Elizabeth Taylor, General Douglas MacArthur, and Arnold Palmer, to name but a few; and

WHEREAS, we recognize the many great Idahoans of Scottish-American descent, including, but certainly not limited to, Senator John McMillan, Colin McLeod, Thomas McMillan and Andy Little; and

WHEREAS, we commend the more than two hundred thousand organizations throughout the United States that honor Scottish heritage, tradition, and culture and that represent the hundreds of thousands of Americans of Scottish descent, residing in every state, including Idaho; and

WHEREAS, these numerous individuals, clans, societies, clubs, and fraternal organizations do not let the great contributions of the Scottish people go unnoticed.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Senate, assembled in the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-eighth Idaho Legislature, that the Idaho Senate recognizes April 6 of each year as "Idaho Tartan Day."