[Next] [Previous] [Top] [Contents]
History of the House of Scotland
While this is a history of the House of Scotland, it has a lot to do with the history of the other Scottish organizations in San Diego, for the history of the House has been deeply intertwined with these other groups. As in all written histories, it is mostly a composition of people---for history is a story of people and they are what mold and compose it.
My only hope is that knowledge of the past will promote more pride in the present and help to build a strong future for the House of Scotland.
As in any organization, it was not only the lauded figures in the forefront or on the front page who held the House of Scotland together over these many years, making it what it is today, and enabling it to be handed off from generation to generation intact. It was all of the people who have had a vision of what the House of Scotland should and could be. All of the people, Scottish-born, American-born, or elsewhere-born, whose pride in Scotland and their Scottish Blood was measured by their dedication to a continuous dream for the House of Scotland. They chaired committees, baked shortbread and scones, brewed countless pots of tea, coordinated and ran innumerable public events, dinners, parties and trips; swept, patched and painted away for hours and hours; mounted and manned displays, helped thousands and thousands of curious visitors research their clan history and tartans, served enough tea and sweets to feed Hannibal's Legions and The Golden Horde combined, and kept up continuous conversation with the public to spur peoples' interest in their own Scottish heritage and imbue the uniqueness of it in others.
Gary McMaster
1996