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Being a Highland regiment, the dress uniform of the pipes and drums is based on traditional Scottish military dress. It marches in Scottish kilts and wear a tartan unique to the Cameron Highlanders of the Canadian and British forces. In addition, they also wear a leather sporran, oxford shoes and white spats.
The sporran has a silver cantle, a border decorated with thistle foliage, and a central coat of arms of the Campbell of Lochnell family; six silver thread tassels; and, a white goat hair covering on a white/light tan leather sporran edged in black leather. Plain leather sporran has become very popular today, as it is convenient to wear daily ...
Since the Second World War, the regiment has remained in Ottawa. It is now a light infantry regiment. Since 1985, the regiment's soldiers have served as deployed members on NATO and United Nations missions across the world and as members of Canadian Forces peacekeeping operations in Bosnia , Kosovo , The Congo , Cyprus , Israel , Somalia , and ...
Sporrans come in a very wide range of styles, from simple leather sporrans to those with fur fronts or fur-trimmed and faced with silver or some other metal. Often, the kilt wearer will choose a type of sporran depending on the occasion, with the more elaborate ones being considered suitable for evening wear and the others for casual or all ...
Median Household Income and Percent Change by Selected Characteristics [PDF], U.S. Census Bureau. Accessed December 11, 2024. Accessed December 11, 2024. 401(k) limit increases to $23,500 for 2025 ...
Tartan: Hunting Stewart (kilt); Sporran: brown leather as working dress and silver/grey haired for mess dress . Hose: khaki with tops of regimental tartan, green garter flashes. Nickname: "Jacaranda Jocks" (Pretoria is known as "the Jacaranda City")
“Shogun” is moving closer to a new season. Hot off its awards dominance at the 2025 Golden Globes — winning the drama series prize, as well as three acting wins — the writers behind ...
Now, as Trump enters a second term, anti-fascist activists find themselves facing down a new paradigm, in which they say a leader they already opposed has shifted ever-further toward the far right.