Once a colorful pattern woven and worn by Scottish Highlanders, tartan was outlawed by the British government after the Jacobite Rebellion in 1745. Melissa Weaver-Dunning shares the stories of how tartan came to be both fashionable and a national symbol of Scotland. This Loudoun County Public Library program is co-sponsored by the Fiber Guild of the Blue Ridge.
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