[57642] Edinburgh : Scottish American War Memorial

Scottish American War Memorial, West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, 1924-27.

By Robert Tait Mackenzie (1867-1938).

B listed.

Detail.

 

A bronze kilted figure with a rifle across his knee is seated on a stone pedestal. He looks up with an earnest gaze towards Edinburgh Castle. Behind the statue is a long retaining wall with a bronze relief in three sections depicting the call to arms. At the front are the pipes and drums. Behind is a recruiting party, and at the back are men from all walks of life, including miners, shepherds and fishermen.

 

THE CALL 1914 A Tribute From Men and Women of Scottish Blood and Sympathies in the United States of America to Scotland a People that Jeoparded their Lives unto the Death in the High Places of the Field. Judges V 18

 

IF IT BE LIFE THAT WAITS I SHALL LIVE FOREVER UNCONQUERED IF DEATH I SHALL DIE AT LAST STRONG IN MY PRIDE AND FREE.

Done