page_title: Tartan Day
hierarchical_section_title: Tartan Day
context_page_description: Tartan Day is a North American celebration of Scottish heritage on April 6, the date on which the Declaration of Arbroath was signed in 1320. It originated in Canada in the mid-1980s. It spread to other communities of the Scottish diaspora in the 1990s. In Australia the similar International Tartan Day is held on July 1, the anniversary of the repeal of the 1747 Act of Proscription that banned the wearing of tartan.
  Tartan Days typically have parades of pipe bands, Highland dancing and other Scottish-themed events.
context_section_description: Tartan Day is a North American celebration of Scottish heritage on April 6, the date on which the Declaration of Arbroath was signed in 1320. It originated in Canada in the mid-1980s. It spread to other communities of the Scottish diaspora in the 1990s. In Australia the similar International Tartan Day is held on July 1, the anniversary of the repeal of the 1747 Act of Proscription that banned the wearing of tartan.
  Tartan Days typically have parades of pipe bands, Highland dancing and other Scottish-themed events.
caption: Sean Connery at a Tartan Day celebration in Washington D.C. with members of the USAF Reserve Pipes and Drums.
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