In 2001, the Rangers switched from a black beret to a tan beret, as the black beret had become the Army standard. Since that time, the tan beret has become a symbol of strength and excellence, and one of the highest honors an Army Soldier can achieve.
Rob Roy's Early Years. It was against this background that Rob Roy MacGregor was born in 1671 in a cottage on the banks of Loch Katrine (pictured here) in the Trossachs area of Stirlingshire. He was the third son of Donald Glas of Glengyle and Margaret Campbell.
Leroy (Roy) Buchanan was a guitar innovator whose skill inspired an aptly titled documentary, The Best Unknown Guitarist in the World. For more than thirty years, the guitarist melded blues, country, jazz, and rock music into a unique sound. Roy Buchanan was born September 23, 1939, in Ozark (Franklin County), the third of four children born to Bill Buchanan and Minnie Bell Reed Buchanan. When he was two, the family moved to Pixley, California, a tiny San Joaquin Valley farming town, where his father was a farm laborer.