Take a wander through the Glen of the Clans to meet your fellow Scots and learn more about Scotland's fascinating Clan history. You can also meet and join many of Northern California's Scottish Societies who, along with the clans, help to keep the spirit of Scotland very much alive in this neuk of California.
American Scottish Gaelic Society
Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite
Bruce Family International
Clan Anderson
Clan Arthur
Clan Bell of North America
Clan Boyd
Clan Buchanan
Clan Cameron
Clan Campbell Society of North America
Clan Carmichael
Clan Cian
Clan Crawford Association
Clan Donald USA
Clan Donnachaidh
Clan Douglas
Clan Ewing
Clan Farquharson
Clan Forbes
Clan Fraser
Clan Graham of the West
Clan Guthrie
Clan Hannay
Clan Henderson Society
Clan Hunter
Clan Kincaid
Clan Lamont
Clan Irwin Association
Clan MacAlister Society
Clan MacBean
Clan MacDougall
Clan MacFie
Clan Macintyre
Clan Mackay
Clan MacKintosh
Clan MacLachlan Association of North America
Clan Maclaine Of Lochbuie
Clan MacLaren Society of North America
Clan MacLean Association of California and Nevada
Clan MacLellan
Clan MacLeod
Clan MacNaughton Association Worldwide
Clan MacNicol
Clan MacPherson
Clan MacRae
Clan Maxwell Society
Clan McCandlish
Clan Montgomery
Clan Munro
Clan Ramsay International
Clan Scott
Clan Sinclair
Clan Stewart Society of North America
Clan Young
Clan Wallace
Dixon Scottish Cultural Association
Firth of Forth Clan, Royal Order of Scotland
Herd Family Society
House of Gordon USA
House of MacAlpine
International Clan MacFarlane Society
Irish Heritage Society of Sacramento
Mother Lode Scots Society
Murray Clan Society of North America
Nevada Society of Scottish Clans
Pleasanton Blairgowrie Fergus Sister City Organization (PBFSCO)
Saint Andrew's Society of The East Bay
Saint Andrew’s Society of San Francisco
Scottish American Military Society (SAMS Post 1921)
South Bay Scottish Society
Sons and Daughters of Erin
Turnbull Clan Association
Yosemite Celtic Festival
Join the Caledonian Club of San Francisco Chaplain, Bruce Cummings for the Kirkin’ o’ the Tartan Sunday morning service, a cherished tradition of prayers and blessing at the annual Scottish Games.
The Rev. Peter Marshall is widely regarded as the originator of the Kirkin’ o’ the Tartan service. During the Second World War, while serving at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., Rev. Marshall held prayer services to raise funds for British war relief. At one such service on April 27, 1941 (though some accounts cite May 1943), he delivered a sermon entitled “The Kirkin’ o’ the Tartans.” From that moment, a tradition, and a legend, was born.
