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82: 67: 463: 190:. McKenzie only took to sculpture in later life having started his interests in physical education. His sculpture invariably was of life size male athletic figures. This work took him four years to complete. The bronze backdrop frieze shows Scots of differing professions answering the call and changing from civilians into marching soldiers. It was also by McKenzie, but the architect 475: 220:
When R Tait McKenzie died he hoped to have his heart buried beneath this memorial, and this presumably either because he considered this his best work or also perhaps on account of a belief in its general significance in relation to First World War memorials in general and in particular perhaps the
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of America and Scotland. The memorial was said to have cost ten thousand pounds at the time it was built.
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representing Scottish-Americans as a tribute to the bravery of Scottish troops during World War I. The
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in Edinburgh. It was called "The Call 1914", and it was erected in 1927 and shows a
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sandstone. At the very top of the design are the two intertwined
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was also involved. The stonework is constructed from
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Scots American War Memorial
Scottish-American Soldiers Monument
55°57′02″N 3°12′07″W / 55.95056°N 3.20194°W / 55.95056; -3.20194

R. Tait McKenzie
Edinburgh, Scotland

R. Tait McKenzie
Edinburgh, Scotland
Ewart Alan Mackintosh
West Princes Street Gardens
kilted
Castle Rock
pipe band
Scottish-Americans
first World War
listed building
Historic Scotland
Scottish National War Memorial
United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Alanson B Houghton
"Spirit of 1914"
R. Tait McKenzie
Scottish Canadian
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Reginald Fairlie
Craigleith
escutcheons
E. A. Mackintosh's

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