Scottish Heritage USA

Member News & Updates November 2025 Issue #9

Lisa Rigby and James Clements in The Burns Project; Kat Gollock, courtesy of The National Trust for Scotland USA.

Taste of the Season

In thanks for your support for our cultural and heritage programs throughout the year, Scottish Heritage USA offers our members the benefit of a complimentary digital subscription to Celtic Life International year-round.

The Celtic Kitchen, an extra edition produced annually by their editors with over 70 delicious recipes from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Nova Scotia and beyond, has arrived just in time for your holiday meal planning!

Click the link below to open your free copy. Enjoy a very Happy Thanksgiving from Scottish Heritage USA.

Open the Cookbook Flipbook Today!

The Burns Project on Tour

Following its sold-out run at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe, The National Trust for Scotland has announced that The Burns Project is going on tour of NTS Scotland sites to share this enlightening story of Burns with new audiences.

Scottish Heritage USA is a proud supporter of The Burns Project and particularly the funding of its recent online digitalization as well as support for the renovations of several Robert Burns properties. For nearly six decades, we have been supporting partners of The National Trust for Scotland and its USA Foundation.

The Dunrossil Diaries Return with Tales of 2025 Adventures

by Andrew Morrison, The Rt. Hon. Viscount Dunrossil

It’s been a while since I penned one of these – or at least tapped it into the keyboard. So forgive me if this is a bit longer than usual. Lots has been happening the last few months.

In June we took off for Edinburgh on what was essentially a business trip. One person I wanted to see was the cabinet secretary, Angus Robertson MSP, the man in the Scottish Government responsible for

such things as culture, the constitution, Europe and the Diaspora. Busy man.

In this last role he set up the Scottish Connections Framework, which sets out the ways Scotland wants to connect with Scots overseas. For too

long there was a perception among overseas Scots that Scotland itself didn’t really care about them. This initiative is designed to correct that.

They’d love to hear about you and send you information...

Save the Date & Join the Conversation!

Scottish Heritage USA is sponsoring a Zoom Hub for our Members on Friday, December 5 to join the Scottish North American Community Conference 2025 online from The Lyceum in Alexandria, VA. This year's Conference will include conversations on Youth Empowerment, Scotland Links with America's 250th Celebrations, Scotland 2026 and More. Look for the Hub info to Come Soon!

Information and Registration

Photo Gallery of Members at Highland Games

Many members joined Scottish Heritage USA at the Scotland County and Stone Mountain Highland Games in October. Mouna, Tom, Shauna and Fiona Eastlake from Ormond Beach, FL (pictured below) joined Scottish Heritage as a family at Stone Mountain.

Check out our new Member Photo Gallery on ScottishHeritageUSA.org:

Click for New Members Photo Gallery

Welcome New Members!

Arthur Lowe, South Lyon, MI * Arthur Peddle, Lilburn, GA * Barrett Graham, Newport, NC

Bonny Bronson, Charlottesville, VA * Brian & Brenda Jackson, Cary, NC

Brian Cooper & Angela Shepherd, Weaverville, NC

Charles & Amanda Leggett, Sealevel, NC * Craig & Susan Nesbit, Blacksburg, VA

Daniel McNiel, Bennettsville, SC * David & Kim Jenkins, Roswell, GA

David Johnston, Zelienople, PA * Erik Mathre & Rebecca Noble, Pawleys Island, SC

Ernest McNeill, Marianna, FL * Gary & Lisa Davis, Oakland, MD

Gerry & Julia Cobley, Cary, NC * Henry & Karen Lovett, Chapin, SC

Ian & Barbara Sherman, Grand Rapids, MI * Isabel Todd, Bettendorf, IA

James Ditmore, Fulshear, TX * Jessie Reddy, Phenix City, AL

Jon Turner & Ruth Luktic, Hoover, AL * Joyce Marion, Cana, VA

Julie Smith, Monroe, GA * Katharine Pollard, Virginia Beach, VA

Kathleen McCulloch, Greensboro, MD * Kenneth Johnson & Jennifer Siemers, Cincinnati, OH Lifford McLauchlan, Corpus Christi, TX * Lisa Matthews, Charlotte, NC

Michael Gage & Robert Wedding, Ft Worth, TX * Michelle Hackim, Macedonia, OH

Mike & Patricia Saunders, Colorado Springs, CO * Nancy Nelson, Southern Pines, NC

Neil Bement, Columbia Station, OH * Pam Kilgore & Martha Beatty, Norcross, GA

Paul & Janice Sumber, Plantation, FL * Paul & Regina Grimm, Sanford, NC

Peter & Katherine McCallum, New Canaan, CT * Quinton & Arlene Quan, Chattanooga, TN Rhonda Robison, Gaston, SC * Richard & Mayriel Joslyn, Sparta, GA

Rick & Mary Morrow, Ocala, FL * Robert & Leona Hillsgrove, Melbourne, FL

Roger & Jeannine Carlile, Decatur, GA * Steven & Amy Markham, Marietta, GA

Thomas & Sharon Hoffman, Abingdon, MD * Thomas Thomson, Orlando, FL

William & Kimberly Todd, Bettendorf, IA * William & Louise Stafford, Snellville, GA

William & Melanie Todd, Ashtabula, OH

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