Luebeck Wallace Day - 10th Oct 2015 |
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The Letter | |
| At the end of September I received an email from Liane Cummings, a young Scottish woman now living in Luebeck, Germany. Liane and I met at Bremen airport in 2014 and she noticed the Society of William Wallace badge on my jacket. We soon found out that we shared a passion for the original Luebeck Letter, written by William Wallace shortly after the battle of Stirling Bridge. Liane was determined to promote the Luebeck Letter and organised a Wallace Day in Luebeck in 2014 to commemorate this important document. Her email was an invitation to the presentation of another Luebeck Letter at the 2nd Wallace Day in Luebeck, written by Robin McAlpine (Director of Common Weal, Scotland) written to represent a link between modern day Scotland and Luebeck. Unfortunately Robin McAlpine wasn't available on the day and Liane delivered and read it on his behalf. I was invited as a German member of the Society of William Wallace and the formal reception was held in the town hall of Luebeck, hosted by the City President Mrs Schopenhauer. Mrs Schopenhauer, has personal connections to Scotland, and values William Wallace very much and she told us, that she had chosen the most splendid room which would match with Wallace's importance. | |
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Liane, Michael and City President Mrs Schopenhauer | |
| I brought a framed piece of the SOWW Centenary Tartan which was proudly placed between a copy of the old and the new Luebeck Letter by Mrs Schopenhauer. The City President was delighted at Liane's determination to promote the Wallace Letter and to put up an annual Wallace Day as a symbol of the strong connection between Scotland and Luebeck. We all left the city hall with a very positive feeling for upcoming events in Luebeck and Mrs Schopenhauer hopes to attend the annual SOWW commemoration at Stirling Bridge. | |
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Audience Room of Luebeck Town Hall | |
| The Wallace Day was finished at the Kommunales Kino in Luebeck, where Liane and her partner Michael surprised the audience with Scottish movies and whisky tasting. Liane and Michael organised the Wallace Day in a typically Scottish manner; with a lot of determination and humour. Liane and Michael plan to attend the Wallace Day in Elderslie in 2016. Petra Segrodnik | |
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The original letter, SOWW tartan and Robin McAlpine's letter |
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