The mission of the Lonach Highland & Friendly Society includes preserving Highland dress and promoting "peaceable and manly conduct." Each summer since 1823, the group has held a "gathering," a march through the towns around Strathdon in eastern Scotland, culminating in an afternoon of traditional Scottish games.
![ca. 1850’s, [Daguerreotype portrait of a Scotsman wearing ethnic costume] via the Daguerreian Society, Greg French Collections Antique Photos, Vintage Pictures, Vintage Photographs, Old Pictures, Old Photos, Retro Images, Vintage Images, Louis Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/bb/4e/75/bb4e75ba5c6bc643cd02daf0ba16b281--french-collection-daguerreotype.jpg)
