Scotland is a wonderful country. It is expensive but the people are more than friendly. A Scots friend of mine says the Scots are “chatty”. They will come up to you and start a friendly conversation. In the North you will notice a lot of sheep. A lot of this culture was brought about by the Sutherland family. Their origins are in France, possibly Normans (viking descendants). They “moved out” the tenant farmers to make way for expansive sheep farming. Those farmers had a hard time trying to adapt to their new professions on rocky areas or as fishermen. The starving and depravity forced many to leave Scotland for the US, Canada, Australia and other places. If you visit the Highlands where the Sutherlands did their deeds enjoy the beautiful countryside and sthe wonderful hospitality of the people living there.
COMMEMORATES THE PEOPLE OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND WHO, IN THE FACE OF GREAT ADVERSITY, SOUGHT FREEDOM, HOPE AND JUSTICE BEYOND THESE SHORES. THEY AND THEIR DESCENDANTS WENT FORTH AND EXPLORED CONTINENTS, BUILT GREAT COUNTRIES AND CITIES AND GAVE THEIR ENTERPRISE AND CULTURE TO THE WORLD.
THIS IS THEIR LEGACY.
THEIR VOICES WILL ECHO FOREVER THRO THE EMPTY STRATHS.
AND GLENS OF THEIR HOMELAND.
UNVEILED BY THE FIRST MINISTER OF SCOTLAND, RT HON ALEX SALMOND MSP, 23 JULY 2007
