The ancient Britons whose bardic tradition, choral voice, and Calvinist conscience carried the oldest living language of Britain into the heart of America.
Welsh Americans — the community whose origins in the ancient Celtic nation of Wales, the mountainous western peninsula of Britain whose people speak Cymraeg, the Welsh language that is the oldest living language of the British Isles and the direct descendant of the Brittonic Celtic tongue spoken across Roman Britain before the Anglo-Saxon migrations transformed the linguistic map of England while Wales preserved its ancient speech behind its mountain ramparts, connect them to one of Europe's most distinctive and tenacious national cultures whose literary tradition of poetry and song, the eisteddfod festival of competitive bardic performance whose origins reach back to the twelfth century, represents a celebration of language and artistic excellence without parallel in the British world. The Welsh American community — whose immigration to the United States began in earnest in the seventeenth century with the Quaker Welsh settlers of Pennsylvania, William Penn having granted Welsh Quaker communities a Welsh Tract of land where they hoped to establish a self-governing Welsh-speaking community in the New World, continued through the nineteenth century with the Welsh miners whose expertise in coal, slate, and iron extraction made them prized workers in the Pennsylvania coalfields, the Ohio iron industry, and the slate quarries of Vermont, and whose Calvinist Methodist faith built the Welsh chapels whose choral singing tradition gave Welsh American communities their most distinctive cultural expression — contributed to American life the gift of the choral voice, the passion for education and preaching, the democratic chapel culture of nonconformist Protestantism, and the stubborn pride of a small nation that refused across two thousand years of pressure from more powerful neighbors to surrender the language, the poetry, and the song that make the Welsh people irreplaceably themselves. This interactive sweatshirt connects you to that singing, enduring legacy with a QR code linking to the full story.
HERITAG is a purpose-driven brand that celebrates cultural diversity and awareness. Wear and share your social identity and cultural heritage with a unique collection of interactive sweatshirts that carry flags of ethnic groups in America. Create informative and fun moments by inviting people to scan the visible QR code and learn about the diverse US population.
Making products on demand instead of in bulk also helps reduce overproduction, and this quality sweatshirt will be made especially for you as soon as you place an order.
Few more things to know about this product: • Scannable QR code printed on the back for an interactive and fun experience • Designed to educate about a nation's proud history milestones and rich culture • Custom print-on-demand • 50% cotton, 50% polyester • Regular fit, sturdy and warm, pre-shrunk soft-feel fabric • Double-needle stitched spandex collar, shoulders, armholes, cuffs, and hem
