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Board of Directors & Festival Meeting
April 13th at the Furley Residence. BoD meeting from 1-3 and Festival meeting from 3-5pm. This is our last monthly meeting before the Festival! We need your support now more than ever!

Kirkin o' the TartanApril 27th at 10:30am. Blessing of Scottish Clan Tartan at the All Saint's Episcopal Church. Please bring your tartan to be blessed!

April 27th will also be the next book club meeting and monthly tea. Book club begins at 1:00pm and the tea starts pouring at 3:00pm. Please see "events" page for more details!

 

About Us

St. Andrew's Societies have a history of supporting charities in their own communities and providing scholarship assistance to those in need.

We are presently exploring possibilites for these services within our own community. If your group would like to be considered as a beneficiary of our foundation's benevolence, please click here to find a Grant Application (Adobe Acrobat needed).

Print, fill out and mail to the address provided.

Who is St. Andrew?

According to legend, an angel told a monk, St. Rule (Regulus), in a dream to move the bones of St. Andrew from Constantinople to "the ends of the earth". He did so, removing a tooth, arm bone, knee cap and some fingers, and headed towards Scotland.

He shipwrecked off the east coast of Scotland, and built a chapel in a Pictish settlement to house the relics. This settlement later became known as St. Andrews. The chapel was replaced by the Cathedral of St. Andrew in 1160, and St. Andrews became the religious capital of Scotland.

 

 

Failte! Welcome!

Welcome to the website for the St. Andrew's Society of Mid-Maryland, based out of Frederick, Maryland.

We were established in July of 1999 by a diverse group of people of Scottish descent and people who love all things Scottish. We happily welcome into membership those who want to help perpetuate Scottish traditions and culture.

We promote the growth of clan societies and Scottish organizations, including the Frederick Scottish Pipe Band and the Frederick Scottish Country Dancers. We support and host Scottish events, such as an annual St. Andrew's Dinner in November, a Burn's Night Supper in January, and a Kirkin' o' the Tartan in the spring.

We are officially recognized by the IRS as a Charitable Organization under Code Section 501(a) as an organization described in section 501(c)(3). Donations to the Society of goods or money, free of tangible benefit to the Donor (or reduced by the amount of any tangible benefit to the Donor) are decductible as Contributions for Income Tax purposes. Also qualified under 509(a)(1), our Membership Dues are considered deductible as Charitable Contributions.

National Tartan Day 2008 - Alexandria, VA

Celtic Directory

Have you been looking for a directory to all things Celtic in your area? Peinteail Designs is selling advertising space in the Celtic Directory for Maryland and Surrounding Areas, which will begin distribution in May. Please click here if you would like to purchase a Directory, or advertise in the Directory. A portion of the proceeds are donated to the St. Andrew's Society of Mid-Maryland.