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Tradition has it that the Saltire, Scotland's National flag, originated in a battle fought in East Lothian, near the village of Athelstaneford. Today the flag flies all year round from the Saltire Memorial. Help restore this nationally important site visit saltire.scot

Wishing all our friends and partners across Scotland a very Merry Christmas and a peaceful holiday season 🎄

With Provost John Mc Millan ⁦@EastLothianCLP⁩ at the birthplace (Athelstaneford) of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 flag, the oldest flag in Europe ⁦@cgfEdimbourg⁩ ⁦#standrews

CG Porter was honored to join yesterday with Scotland’s Consular Corps at St. Andrew’s Day services at St. Giles’ Cathedral, the Scottish Flag Trust in Athelstaneford, and at the Robin Chapel in Edinburgh. It was a day to reflect on Scotland’s heritage and shared values 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

CG Summar Javed was honoured to join the St Andrew’s Day ceremony in Athelstaneford, birthplace of the Saltire. A meaningful celebration of Scotland’s heritage, unity & inclusivity, attended by @ScotGovFM & @D_G_Alexander.

Yesterday's St Andrews Day saw the sun really shine for what was also the 60th anniversary of the monument to the Saltire in its legendary birthplace of Athelstaneford. Hopefully a good omen for the @SaltireScotland's appeal to support a replacement.

St Andrew's Day saw the 60th anniversary of the monument to the Saltire at its legendary birthplace of Athelstaneford. Yesterday's service was attended by the First Minister and Scottish Secretary, with March Pursuivant Extraordinary and Kintyre Pursuivant Extraordinary.

Representatives of Scotland's different faith groups gathered for an inter-faith dedicaiton, with the First Minister John Swinney and Douglas Alexandar MP for Saint Andrew's Day as the new Saltire at the birthplace of Scotland's Flag was raised.

Wonderful St Andrews Day at Athelstaneford in my constituency in East Lothian - great to see @ScotGovFM in East Lothian - Home of the Saltire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

St Andrew’s Day is a time to celebrate Scotland's history, traditions and inclusive values. First Minister @JohnSwinney attended a church service in Athelstaneford - the birthplace of the Saltire - to promote Scotland's national flag as a symbol of welcome and unity.

A genuinely lovely way to spend St.Andrew’s Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 in home territory. Thank you @SaltireScotland for the invitation and @JohnSwinney for taking the time to speak with my eldest boy. Plenty to talk about at school tomorrow in East Lothian. Super to see all local kids involved. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The Saltire flutters gently above the St Andrew’s Day service at Athelstaneford. Rev Douglas Hamilton made the parallel that Andrew brought people together with Jesus and the Saltire brings us all together in an inclusive Scotland. A beautiful message for our National Day. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Wonderful way to celebrate #StAndrewsDay at #Athelstaneford the birth place of the #Saltire. Powerful service reminding everyone “All are welcome”

Today I attended the St Andrew’s Day service in Athelstaneford, marking 60 years of the Saltire Memorial. A meaningful celebration of St Andrew, patron saint for both Romania 🇷🇴 and Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Warm wishes to all named Andrei or Andreea on their special day!

Delighted to be at Athelstaneford here in East Lothian this afternoon on St. Andrew’s Day to commemorate the birthplace of Scotland’s saltire - a flag that belongs to all of us as Scots.

Happy Saint Andrew's Day from the birthplace of the Saltire. Today we launch an appeal for a new monument to Scotland's National Flag with @ScotGovFM and @D_G_Alexander saltire.scot #StAndrewsDay

Happy St Andrew's Day New plans revelead to create a monument to the origins of Scotland's Saltire backed by Scottish Civic & Faith leaders @churchscotland @archedinburgh @secsynod @MuslimScot @ScotHinduFdn @KagyuSamyeLing @sikhsinscotland & Rabbi Rubin, Senior Rabbi of Scotland

St Andrew's Day appeal to create a new monument to the origions of Scotland's Saltire. See saltire.scot Pleased to have the support of all Scotland's main political parties @theSNP @ScotTories @ScottishLabour @scottishgreens @scotlibdems @AlbaParty #StAndrewsDay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Cross Party Appeal to rebuild memorial at Saltire's Birthplace "The campaign has been supported by First Minister John Swinney, Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander and Scotland’s pre-eminent historian, Professor Sir Tom Devine" heraldscotland.com/news/25659566.…

St Andrew's Day plea to honour birthplace of the Scottish Saltire with 'worthy' monument - scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-… scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-…

From our files 200 years ago: Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun: Sable a cross flory betwixt four escallops Argent.