eptember 13-26, Landmark Events will lead an unprecedented providential history tour of the land of the ancient Picts and Celts in Scotland. We will follow the footsteps of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce to the battlefields, castles (especially castles!), and memorials of their bygone era. We will recite the history of the godly Covenanters who met in the fields and defied tyrannical monarchs to the death. We will walk in the pastures filled with ancient standing stones, beside the burial cairns of princes known only to those who perished thousands of years ago. Our paths will lead us to the lowlands and the highlands and the isles.

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Win a Free Trip for Two to Scotland
A $10,000 Value!

For two weeks Bill Potter, Colin Gunn and a host of local Scottish churchmen and historians, will lead 45 adventurous souls on this unforgettable tour of Scotland, and now you can enter to win a trip for two, including airfare, to the Lowlands Leg of this remarkable tour, courtesy of our friends at In Freedom’s Cause! In Freedom’s Cause is hosting a video contest which includes cash and merchandise prizes as well as the Grand Prize — the trip for two to Landmark Events’ Scotland Tour in September. Don’t delay — break out those video cameras and start filming your entry today!

Early Bird Discount Extended!

This trip is over half full and filling rapidly, so we encourage you to reserve your places before it’s too late. As an added incentive, we have extended the Early Bird Discount until June 15 so our In Freedom’s Cause fans could get in on the discount!

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This Week in Scottish History

May 13, 1568 at the Battle of Langside, Mary, Queen of Scots, was finally defeated in her attempt to regain the throne from her son, James VI, and his supporters. Mary fled to England and was imprisoned until her execution in 1587. The Langside Battlefield Memorial marks the site in Glasgow.

May 13, 1685 James Kirk was executed near Dumfries as a Covenanter refusing to swear the oath, one of the last of the waves of death of the “Killing Times”.

May 11, 1685, Covenanter martyrs Margaret Lachlane, or McLachlan, and Margaret Wilson, refused to take an oath of loyalty to Charles II that acknowledged his authority on everything, including religious matters. They were tied to stakes in the Solway near Wigtown where they drowned as the tide rose.

Today in 1754 golf was formalized at St. Andrews with the foundation of the St. Andrews Society of Golfers. Twenty-two “Noblemen and Gentlemen” contributed to a silver club to be awarded annually over the Links of St. Andrews.

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