Robert Burns Memorial, Stanley Park facts for kids
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The memorial in 2015
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| Location | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| 49°17′50″N 123°08′05″W / 49.29719°N 123.13469°W | |
The Robert Burns Memorial is an outdoor memorial and statue of Scottish poet Robert Burns, located in Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was dedicated on 25 August 1928, becoming the first statue erected in Vancouver.
Located at the southern approach to the park near Coal Harbour, upon a tall light-coloured stone plinth, a standing Robert Burns facing the south towards the southern entrance. A plaque appears on the front with his name, followed clockwise of reliefs of scenes from his poems, To a mountain daisy (1786), The cotter's Friday night (1785), and Tam O'Shanter (1790).
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