PRINTER'S NO. 1351
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
285
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY O'NEILL, COHEN, D. COSTA, CUTLER, FARINA, HELM,
JAMES, MURT, READSHAW, THOMAS, VEREB AND HEFFLEY,
APRIL 27, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 27, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Designating and adopting the Pennsylvania Tartan as the Official
Tartan of this Commonwealth.
WHEREAS, Since the 17th century, Scottish families from both
the Highlands and Lowlands of Scotland have settled in this
Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, Scots became a major element of the population of
this great Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, Kilted Scottish soldiers were instrumental in
gaining the western half of the Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Tartan is based upon the tartan
worn by these soldiers; and
WHEREAS, A tartan is a woolen cloth with a woven pattern of
colored strands of varying width crossing in straight lines over
a solid background, each unique to a clan, district, state or
group; and
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Tartan was designed by William H.
Johnston in 1992 in Skippack, Pennsylvania, and was registered
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with the Tartan Educational and Cultural Association, now known
as the Scottish Tartans Authority, USA, on March 10, 1993; and
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Tartan is defined as a reversing
horizontal and vertical pattern of sixty threads of blue, four
of gold, four of blue, four of gold, ten of blue, ten of green,
thirty of black, ten of blue, forty of green, four of red, six
of black, four of red, forty of green, ten of blue, thirty of
black, ten of green, forty of blue, four of gold and four of
blue; and
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Tartan incorporates the colors of
the Pennsylvania State flag and honors the contribution of the
Scots to Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, Scots have made major contributions to all aspects
of our culture as we know it today; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Pennsylvania Tartan be designated and
adopted as the official tartan of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
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