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Ode to Robert...
Nov. 23rd, 2004 02:38 pmOn the plains of Bannockburn, site of the Battle of Bannockburn (June 24, 1314), there stands a statue of Robert the Bruce, also known as King Robert I of Scotland. It is a massive bronze momument of Bruce on horseback, shield shining, sword in scabbard and axe in hand, resting on an even larger pillar of white stone. The stone bears the inscription "Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, 1309 - 1329." It was sculpted by Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson, unveiled on the plains of Bannockburn in 1964.
It's a pretty cool statue. I've written about it here before, and I can see it from where I'm sitting in the library.
But I'm not in Bannockburn. I'm nowhere near Scotland.
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHY THE FRICK WE HAVE AN EXACT COPY OF THE THING ON THE FRONT LAWN OF MY COLLEGE?!
... it'd be most helpful, really. My paper's due in three hours.
Edited to add: Lemme elaborate. I've been searching for hours. I cannot find who or what organization commissioned the copy, what year it was unveiled (after 1964, I think...), the signifcance of why it's in that exact spot, why it's facing west-northwest instead of northeast, nothing. It isn't even mentioned on the college's homepage. Nada.
Robbie, you were a great guy and all, but could be a little less vague?
... Oh. Right. Dead.
It's a pretty cool statue. I've written about it here before, and I can see it from where I'm sitting in the library.
But I'm not in Bannockburn. I'm nowhere near Scotland.
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHY THE FRICK WE HAVE AN EXACT COPY OF THE THING ON THE FRONT LAWN OF MY COLLEGE?!
... it'd be most helpful, really. My paper's due in three hours.
Edited to add: Lemme elaborate. I've been searching for hours. I cannot find who or what organization commissioned the copy, what year it was unveiled (after 1964, I think...), the signifcance of why it's in that exact spot, why it's facing west-northwest instead of northeast, nothing. It isn't even mentioned on the college's homepage. Nada.
Robbie, you were a great guy and all, but could be a little less vague?
... Oh. Right. Dead.
