Washington Scottish Pipe Band 2009 Alexandria St Patrick's Day Parade

[segano1]

Plastic Paddie Yankees pretend to be Irish, while Irish pretend to be Scottish, what a pathetic display of jealousy of Scottish national culture and tradition.

You Irish need to stop allowing the Plastic Paddie Americunt Yankees to speak on your behalf as you're being brainwashed by typical Yank stupidity, not just the 100 years of national Catholic propaganda, the heavilly biased annals of Ulster or the loose made up modern term of "Celtic" - fake term by an English Linguist from the 1800's.

[222macgregor]

When will you Americans come to realise that Highland kilts and bagpipes are Scottish, not Irish?

Christ you guys need to learn more about Irish culture and stop copying Scotland.

[23dingle]

@222macgregor

We don't celebrate Orange Day in America; so St. Patrick's day is the only day we have to celebrate our Scottish heritage. We know St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland, but he was a son of Scotland. We aren't copying Scotland as part of an Irish celebration, we are celebrating our Scottish roots.

[222macgregor]

@23dingle

I understand exactly what you are saying however, you need to be heading to NYC on the 9th of April to celebrate Tartan Day which is a parade around the same size of St. Patrick's.

Although you are celebrating it for the right reasons, there are many American-Irish who truly believe that Highland kilts, tartan, bagpipes, sporans etc are Irish culture. Surely you can understand why this would anger your average Scotsman?

[Guurrg6604]

my fav hangout, steve the bartender is my old man. haha

[resto776]

david close is a beast

[Sportymike]

why is there a scotish band at an Irish celebration?

[madlynda]

can ya not yank up thier kilts :)

[ASAGA01]

Nice job David!

[InMyOwnWorld247]

i was there!!! i saw it :D