Memorial

Scottish American Memorial - The Call 1914

Source: Copyright Philip Pratley

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in the west gardens, Princes Street Gardens, West Princes Street, Edinburgh, City Of Edinburgh, Lothian, EH2 3AA, Scotland

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NT 25176 73704

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Type of Memorial: Sculptured / Cast figure
WMR Reference Number: 2219
Description: Seated kilted figure on a plinth with a rifle held across his knees, appears as though about to rise. Behind the figure is a 50 foot wall with a 25 foot sculpted bas relief frieze which depicts a pipe band leading a recruitment party, followed be miners, shepherds with sheep dog, fisherman with nets, clerks and children. The men march four deep at the front and the civilian party carry tools over their shoulders in the same pose as those with rifles.
Inscription: IF IT BE LIFE THAT WAITS I SHALL LIVE FOREVER UNCONQUERED. I SHALL DIE AT LAST, STRONG IN MY PRIDE AND FREE. Plinth: 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 their Death/ In the High Places of the Field JUDGES V 18

War: First World War (1914-1918)

Maker(s): DR ROBERT TAIT MCKENZIE, Sculptor
MR REGINALD FAIRLIE ARSA RSA, Architect
Costs: £10,000
Sponsor Type: other

Ceremonies

Unveiled

7 September 1927

Alanson Bigelow Horton, United States Ambassador

Dedicated

7th September 1927

Rev. Dr. Norman MacLean, Moderator of the Church of Scotland Assembly

Custodian: Edinburgh City Council

Components

Wall

Width: c 15000mm

Made from: Stone

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Scottish American Memorial - The Call 1914

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