Sinclair Day Celebration and Austin PicnicThe Third Annual Sinclair Day Picnic returns to Austin. Come out and join this celebration. It's a pot luck, so bring your own food and beverages and come out and join this celebration. There'll be live music by us and others, plus, lots of Celtic fun in Austin's beautiful Zilker Park. In 1398, Scottish Prince of Orkney, Prince Henry Sinclair hired Carlo Zeno to help map Greenland. Their ship was blown off course and they landed in Newfoundland. They founded two colonies in Nova Scotia and explored the New World for a good 20 years. While in Westford, Massachusetts, Sir James Gunn died and a marker of a Scottish knight with a 39 inch long sword and a shield with the Clan Gunn insignia. Aside from the Zeno Narrative which was the many account of their trip, this marker proves that the Scots were one of many in the America nearly 90 years before Columbus!As a result of the Westford Knight, Clan Gunn society has been one of the most prominent Scottish clans in America. And on June 9th, Sinclair Day of every year, the Scots celebrate the Scottish voyage. And in Austin, we're celebrating it too for the third annual Sinclair Day Picnic. Come celebrate this grand tradition with music and merriment.Find out more about the Westford Knight (photos, archaeological survey, more history, Nicolo Zeno, Renaissance Magazine Backissue). Great musical entertainment from top Austin Celtic performers, including:
Location: Zilker Park. Take the Southern entrance to Zilker Park.
Turn left into the first parking lot. Look for the men in kilt and Scottish
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