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| | Highland Heritage: Scottish Americans in the American South, by Celeste Ray. Introduction. |
 | | What makes Scottish immigration to North Carolina unique is the direct, large-scale immigration of Scottish Highlanders beginning in the 1730s; their localized settlement in the Cape Fear Valley; and the persistence of a Scottish identity in the area to the present. |
 | | In my initial forays to Scottish events, I was intrigued by the way in which Scottish Americans from across the country, of Highland, Lowland, and Scots-Irish ancestry alike, celebrate their ethnic identity with the imagery and material culture of Highland Scots. |
 | | The North Carolina Scottish community consists of many organizations and individuals with local, state, national, and international affiliations in addition to those who, more specifically, have attended Scottish-oriented religious gatherings or other events and are thereby actively aware of their Scottish heritage and genealogy. |
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