Good morning
I’m writing to inform you that The Society of William Wallace, based in Scotland, has a newly created Australian representative, namely me.
The society has a website at http://www.thesocietyofwilliamwallace.com/ which is regularly updated with news and events relating to William Wallace, as well as other information about the current research into William Wallace.
At the moment there is a petition with the Scottish Parliament to make representation to the English in order to request that Wallace’s ‘Safe Conduct’ letter be released from English incarceration (currently at Kew) so that it can be returned to Scotland where it belongs. The ePetition can be found here http://epetitions.scottish.parliament.uk/view_petition.asp?PetitionID=382
Could you please assist with communicating the nature of this petition to your members by possibly making a link available on your website or in any communication you may have on a regular basis (email, newsletters)? There is little knowledge of the petition outside of the UK, though I’m sure with the large Scottish community here in Australia, there will be great interest in the petition with many sharing the views of our relatives in Scotland that this hugely important letter should be back in Wallace’s beloved homeland. Awareness of the petition is currently circulating in Canada and the US, and I’m sure we’d hate to be out-done by them!
Jason Nitz