The Boy Scout - Ottawa, Ontario - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

Text of the plaque on the base of the sculpture:

The Boy Scout
By Robert Tait McKenzie
Presented to the Boy Scouts of Canada
by the Philadelphia Council
Boy Scouts of America
As a symbol of International Brotherhood
June 29, 1963

The 1937 life size statue:

It was Dr. McKenzie's desire to make the statue available to any community that wished to buy one providing that it was properly erected, suitably landscaped, etc. A duplicate was made and shipped to Ottawa, Illinois, for erection facing the grave of W. B. Boyce, the man whose interest brought Scouting to America. Bedi Rasey, who did the casting, shortly afterward engaged in war work. No more life size statues were cast until 1954 when the Philadelphia Scouts and Scouters presented a life sized statue to the National Council Headquarters, at New Brunswick, New Jersey. This and succeeding statues have been cast by the Modern Art Foundry, Long Island City, New York. Joseph Brown of Princeton University and a student of McKenzie, was the person designated to approve all life size statues before shipping. A copy of the life size statue was unveiled in front of the National Headquarters of the Boy Scouts of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, June 29, 1963. Scouts and Scouters of Philadelphia provided funds for this gift as a token of friendship and good will.

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Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: The Boy Scout Figure Type: Human Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Robert Tait McKenzie Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: First Cast 1937 - Duplicate Placed 1963 Materials used: Bronze Location: In front of the Boy Scout of Canada Headquarters

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