Jun 292026
Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh EH2 2HG
Unveiled in 1927 by the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Alanson Houghton, the memorial was designed by the sculptor R. Tait McKenzie and cast at the Roman Bronze Works in Brooklyn, New York. It was funded entirely by men and women of Scottish descent in the United States.
A kilted soldier sits gazing up at Edinburgh Castle, rifle across his knees about to rise. Behind him, a sweeping bronze frieze shows miners, shepherds, fishermen, and clerks answering the call.
The inscription reads: “If it be life that waits I shall live forever unconquered; if death I shall die at last strong in my pride and free.”