Robert Burns Memorial (Barre)

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The Robert Burns Memorial is a granite monument located in downtown Barre, Vermont. It was erected by Barre's Scottish immigrants in 1899 to commemorate the centenary of the death of Scottish poet Robert Burns.

The statue was conceived and modeled by J. Massey Rhind. James B. King of Milford, New Hampshire modeled the four panels. Sam Novelli carved the statue at the Barclay Brothers' granite firm. Elia Corti, an Italian, carved the panels.

The monument itself stands 22 feet 4 inches (6.81 m) above the foundation, and the statue is 9 feet 4 inches (2.84 m) tall. Carved panels in high relief are principal features of the pedestal. Three each depict a scene from a Burns poem, The Cotter's Saturday Night, To a Mountain Daisy, and Tam o' Shanter's Ride. The fourth panel depicts Burns' cottage in Ayr, Scotland.

Statue

The statue shows the poet returning from his day's work, in ploughman's dress, sleeves rolled up, bareheaded, his coat on his arm, eyes on the ground, and with an attitude and expression of thoughtful meditation.

Front: The Cotter's Saturday Night – "From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs."
Right: Tam o' Shanter's Ride – "Ae spring brought off her master hale/ but left behind her ain grey tail."
Left: To a Mountain Daisy – "Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r;/ Thou's met me in a evil hour."
Back: "Burns's Cottage"

History

In January 1890, the Robert Burns Club of Barre was founded as a social and literary group in honor of Burns.

On July 21, 1896, the fifty-member club met to commemorate the centenary of Burns' death. At this meeting, the erection of an inspiring monument to Burns was advocated. It was felt that since Barre was thought of as the "Granite Center of the World" the monument should be the finest work of granite the world had yet produced.

By the anniversary of Burns' birth (January 25, 1897), plans were well under way. Funds were raised throughout Vermont, but largely from the people of Barre.

The dedication ceremony was held on July 21, 1899 and attracted one of the largest groups of people yet assembled in Barre. Among the attendees were military and civic organizations, honored guests and Miss Florence Inglis who, dressed and crowned as the Scottish Muse, unveiled the statue.

References

The Robert Burns Memorial. Vermont Historical Society. October 2011. (Informational handout)
"Story of Barre's Robert Burns Statue" Vermont Historical Society". Retrieved December 3, 2018. ^{[failed verification]}
"Barre's Downtown Walking Tour". Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
"Monuments and Memorials to Robert Burns Around the World". robertburns.plus.com. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
"110th Anniversary of Bobby Burns Monument". Northfield News. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
Burns Club of Barre (1899). History of the Burns monument and unveiling ceremonies, Barre, Vermont, July 21st, 1899. The Burns Club. Retrieved December 3, 2018.

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Poems	"Comin' Thro' the Rye" (1782) "John Barleycorn" (1782) "Man Was Made to Mourn" (1784) "Address to the Deil" (1785) "Epitaph for James Smith" (1785) "Halloween" (1785) "Handsome Nell" (1774) "Holy Willie's Prayer" (1785) "To a Mouse" (1785) The Kilmarnock volume (1786) "To a Louse" (1786) "To a Mountain Daisy" (1786) "The Cotter's Saturday Night" (1786) "The Battle of Sherramuir" (1787) "The Birks of Aberfeldy" (1787) "The Holy Tulzie" (1784) "Auld Lang Syne" (1788) "My Heart's in the Highlands" (1789) "Tam o' Shanter" (1790) "Ae Fond Kiss" (1791) "Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation" (1791) "Ye Jacobites by Name" (1791) "Sweet Afton" (1791) "The Slave's Lament" (1792) "Oh, whistle and I'll come to you, my lad" (1793) "Scots Wha Hae" (1793) "A Red, Red Rose" (1794) "Ca' the yowes" (revised, 1794) "A Man's A Man for A' That" (1795)
Books	"Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect" "Edinburgh" "Belfast" "Dublin Variant" "London" "The Dunlop Burns" "The Geddes Burns"
Places	Brownhill Inn Burns Cottage Drukken Steps Ellisland Farm Friars Carse The Hermitage, Friars Carse Irvine Burns Club Millmannoch Mossgiel Farm Robert Burns and the Eglinton Estate Writers' Museum
Family	Jean Armour (wife) Robert Burns Junior (son) Francis Wallace Burns (son) William Nicol Burns (son) Elizabeth 'Betty' Burns (natural daughter) James Glencairn Burns (son) Agnes Broun (mother) William Burnes (father) Gilbert Burns (brother) Agnes Burns (sister) Annabella Burns (sister) William Burns (brother) John Burns (brother) Isabella Burns (sister) Adam Armour (brother-in-law) James Armour (father-in-law) Robert Burnes (uncle)
People	Robert Aiken Robert Ainslie John Anderson John Bacon (landlord) John Ballantine Alison Begbie Thomas Blacklock Nelly Blair Richard Brown May Cameron Mary Campbell Margaret Chalmers Jenny Clow Alison Cockburn Alexander Cunningham (lawyer) Lord Glencairn Frances Dunlop Robert Fergusson Alexander Findlater Jean Gardner Jean Glover Robert Graham of Fintry Gavin Hamilton Helen Hyslop Nelly Kilpatrick John Lewars Janet Little Jean Lorimer (Chloris) James McKie John MacKenzie Agnes Maclehose John McMurdo William Maxwell John Murdoch William Nicol Anna Park Elizabeth Paton John Richmond James Smith David Sillar John Syme Alexander Tait Robert Tannahill Peggy Thompson Edward Whigham
Related	Glenriddell Manuscripts Bachelors' Club, Tarbolton Burns clubs Robert Burns World Federation Bust of Robert Burns Irvine Atlanta Burns supper Memorials Kilmarnock Robert Burns's Commonplace Book 1783–1785 Robert Burns's Interleaved Scots Musical Museum Montreal Barre Albany Boston Robert Burns (Stevenson) Robert Burns (Steell) Robert Burns's diamond point engravings Robert Burns and the Eglinton Estate Robert Burns Humanitarian Award The Loves of Robert Burns (1930 film) "The Marriage of Robin Redbreast and the Wren" "The Merry Muses of Caledonia" The Poetical Works of Janet Little, The Scotch Milkmaid A Manual of Religious Belief

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