The Robert Burns Monument is a bronze statue of the Scottish bard and poet Robert Burns, located in Burns Commons on the Lower East Side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The statue was designed by Scottish sculptor William Grant Stevenson and unveiled in 1909. The public artwork was a gift to the City of Milwaukee from James Bryden, a local grain merchant and Scottish immigrant. The Burns statue remains a focal point of Milwaukee’s Scottish-American heritage and the site of annual commemorative ceremonies.
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Inception
- 1908, 1909
