The first International Caledonian Games in North America is under way in New York City

Several Scottish cultural societies in the United States and Canada, notably the New York Caledonian Club, had been meeting for a year to inaugurate an international gathering of the clans in North America.  On this day, clubs from both countries, along with visitors from Scotland, celebrated a Highland Games held at Jones Wood in New York City.  Other gatherings followed although interest tended to wane in the later years of the nineteenth century until a mid-twentieth century revival.  (By John Osborne)