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The Scottish Game

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Beginning July 10, 2022, the 150th Open Championship returns to the “Home of Golf,” The Old Course at St. Andrew’s in Scotland.

Sometimes referred to as the “British Open,” it was first held on October 17, 1860, making it the oldest golf tournament in the world.

The history of golf goes back much further than 1860, however, with the original rights to play on the links being granted to the townspeople of St. Andrew’s by Archbishop John Hamilton in 1552!

To this day, the St. Andrew’s Links, which encompasses seven golf courses, remains in a public trust owned by local authorities.

The courses are open to the public for golf seven days a week, with the exception of the Old Course, which gets a day of rest each Sunday.  On those days it is not uncommon to see locals walking their dogs on the course. Can you imagine someone walking their dog at Augusta National or Pebble Beach?!

For more information about the history of St. Andrew’s, we encourage you to click these links:

Old Course
Wikipedia Page
The History of Golf

By Dennis Napier

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Scots’ Charitable Presents: A Symphony in Stone

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Join us at the First Presbyterian Church in Quincy at 1:30 PM ET for a special screening of A Symphony In Stone with the movie’s producer, Tony Burton.

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Join us at the NYC Tartan Day Parade!

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Join fellow SCS members, family and friends at this year’s Tartan Day Parade. Contact alanmccall461@hotmail.com if you would like to join in the fun!

Scots Day at Fort Ticonderoga

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Celebrate Scottish culture and military heritage at Fort Ticonderoga’s Scots Day on June 18th! Scots’ Charitable members are invited to join the St. Andrew’s Society of Albany at their tent! Sit in the shade, enjoy the view, and enjoy a traditional beverage. Get your tickets by clicking the link below and look for the St. Andrews Society’s tent! Call 518-235-7234 if you would like to meet up! If you are looking for a place to stay the night the St. Andrew’s Society recommends checking out the lovely BnBs Vermont has to offer.

The day includes a memorial service to the Scots of the Black Watch, who charged bravely at the Battle of Ticonderoga; many soldiers from Massachusetts also fought there.

Discover your own Scottish connection by visiting clan tents and vendors and enjoy the sounds of Scottish music performed throughout the day. Discover the stories of centuries of Scottish soldiers in the British Army through a military timeline.

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Fort Ticonderoga preserves 2,000 acres of historic landscape on Lake Champlain, and Carillon Battlefield, and the largest series of untouched Revolutionary War era earthworks surviving in America. As a multi-day destination and the premier place to learn more about our nation’s earliest years and America’s military heritage, Fort Ticonderoga, a historic destination with many attractions, welcomes more than 75,000 visitors each year and offers programs, historic interpretation, boat cruises, tours, demonstrations, and exhibits throughout the year, and is open for daily visitation May through October. 

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Happy Burns Night from Scots’ Charitable!

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It is with great delight that we share not one, but TWO, Address to the Haggis videos in celebration of Burns Night! Grab your haggis, scotch, and bagpipes and watch our members and special guests honor Robert Burns!

To learn more about Robert Burns, check out our 2021 blog post here.

Many thanks to SCS members and to special guest Peter Abbott, British Consul General, who appears in video #2. Special thanks to Dennis Napier who upped the ante by providing an introduction in honor of the Bard as well as stunning verse, and Jack MacLean for piping in the Haggis! You may recognize the scenery in one of the videos from Skyfall, the James Bond Movie, as one of our members filmed live in front of Duntrune Castle, and another video from the (virtual) interior of Burns’ Cottage in Alloway!

St. Andrew’s Day Toast

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Members! Join us on November 20th at The Haven for a Saint Andrew’s Day toast!

RSVP by 11/10 to SCSEventsChair@scotscharitable

Scots’ Charitable Annual Golf Outing

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Thank you to all who participated in the 2021 Annual Golf Outing! Click below to see photos.

2021 Photos

To see photos from the 2019 Golf Outing, click here.

Save the Date: Scots’ Charitable Annual Golf Outing

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The Scots’ Charitable Annual Golf Outing RETURNS on August 29th at Campbell’s Scottish Highlands Golf Course in Salem, New Hampshire. Tee off at 11:30 am.

More details coming soon!

To see photos from the 2019 Golf Outing, click here.