All In The Past – A History of Two Families – THOMAS & MURRAY
Our ancestors and their place in history
United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, while Colorado is approximately 268,627 sq km, making Colorado 10% larger than United Kingdom. Meanwhile, the population of United Kingdom is ~65.8 million people (60.7 million fewer people live in Colorado).
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Saturday was a good day at Tartan Days in Longmont, Colorado. The wind we endured was tempered by the 70+ degree weather. Sunday, however, was a different story. The early morning cold lasted until mid-day, and the wind made it even worse due to wind chill. The festival closed its gates around lunchtime, and everyone started packing up.
People obviously are tired of being at home the past two years, and are looking for activities to get them out and about with other human beings. I talked with a lot of people interested in their family history, and offered the usual tips for getting started on their personal research. I hope I lit at least a few fires.
We were joined Sunday morning by Mary, Queen of Scots of Highland Colorado, and a few members of her court.
A bit of time off now, before the Cheyenne Celtic Festival in June. Clan Murray is skipping the last-minute Pikes Peak Festival in Colorado Springs this year, but will be in Elizabeth in July for their festival. Then the biggie – the Clan Murray Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Denver in August. This AGM has been two years in the making, with stand-in AGMs in South Carolina and Georgia during the interim.
The Festival season kicks off this weekend in Longmont, Colorado, northwest of Denver. The Annual Tartan Days Festival, to celebrate Scottish heritage and the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath, will be held for the first time since 2019.
It’s a small festival, with only about 20 clans in attendance, but it is the FIRST of several to be held this year. We will be at the Cheyenne, Wyoming festival at least one day in June, and then the Elizabeth Celtic Festival in July.
August is the Annual General Meeting of Clan Murray, and this year, finally, it’s in Denver. We were supposed to host the AGM in 2020, but it was postponed and put on last-minute in Charleston, South Carolina. It was postponed again in 2021 and ran in Atlanta, Georgia instead. Both were good festivals, but neither was OURS! This is our year! Excitement is building among Clan members in Colorado, and the early festivals give us a chance to generate even more interest.
