Donald Bryson, president and chief strategy officer of the John Locke Foundation, discusses the significance of April 6, National Tartan Day. Learn more here: “April is a time to remember the Scottish roots of freedom.”
Locke’s Donald Bryson touts National Tartan Day and the Scottish roots of freedom
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