Scottish American War Memorial

Category

Library Item

Item no

26806

Title

Scottish American War Memorial, West Princes Street Gardens

Artist / maker

MacLean, Kevin

Date

2012

Type

Digital image

The Scottish American War Memorial or 'The Call' was unveiled on 7 September 1927. The architect Reginald Fairlie designed the setting of the memorial and the sculpture was by Robert Tait Mackenzie based in Philadelphia. The bronze was cast at the Roman Bronze Works at Brooklyn and the stone was quarried from Craigleith Edinburgh.

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Architecture > Monuments > War Memorials

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Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

(55°57′3″N, 3°12′3″W)

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