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Scottish and Scutching in the Laurel Highlands This Weekend

September 9, 2011 Lindsay 1 Comment

History lovers, hold on to your hats and pack up your wagons (station wagons) and head out route 30 east to the laurel highlands this weekend – it is a double header of cultural festivals.  We are often asked about what are the must-do events around Pittsburgh.  Both of these festivals are on our list of favorites.  And they happen to be on the same weekend so you can catch a double header of history celebration just outside of Pittsburgh this weekend. First stop – break out your bag pipes and kilt for the Ligonier Highland Games – a day… Read the rest

Filed Under: History, Just Outside of Pittsburgh Tagged With: bag pipes, Caber toss, Flax, flax scutching festival, Hammer throw, Highland games, kilts, Laurel Highlands, ligonier

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