Confederate Memorial Tartan
First, a word about tartans. Tartans are plaids. However, not all plaids are tartans. Different numbers of different colored threads form stripes of different widths and colors that interlace to form the distinctive plaid pattern, or “set” for tartans. Tartans have a two-over two-under-worsted weave. The sequence and width of the colored stripes are the same in the weft and warp directions. Further, the sequence and width of the colored stripes in the pattern are symmetrical about two of the stripes, call the pivots. These "rules" that differentiate tartans from other plaids are based on tradition and there are traditional exceptions. However, the exceptions are very, very few.
The Confederate Memorial Tartan is woven in Scotland and serves as a tribute to the soldiers of the Confederacy. The tartan combines Confederate gray with two groups of overstripes. One group is the red, white, and blue colors of the Battle Flag. The other group is yellow, blue, and red representing the cavalry, infantry, and artillery, respectively. The tartan is a memorial to all of those who fought for the highest ideals of the Confederacy – gentle society, cultured womanhood, and the rights of the individual States to determine their destinies and fortunes.
The Confederate Memorial Tartan is approved by the Scottish Tartan Authority with the International Tartan Index (ITI) number 004195. It was designed by Dr. Phil Smith in 1995. Dr. Smith also designed a Union Memorial Tartan about the same time.
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