Boy Scouts of America 10210 Holmes Avenue Kansas City Kansas 64131
Date:
Original 1937. Cast 1988
Notes:
Kansas City Adopt A Monument, 2003.
Image on file.
R. Tait McKenzie 1937 (On bronze plaque on base:) The Boy Scout/Sculptor: Robert Tait McKenzie/1868-1938/Dr. McKenzie was a surgeon, physician, physical educator, artist/and sculptor. In addition he was also an athlete, a/teacher, a writer and a volunteer scouter./A personal friend of scouting's founder, Sir Robert/Baden-Powell, he shared with Badden-Powell his belief in the program/of scouting for boys. He believed that scouting, through/its oath and law, was a means of developing youth/physically, mentally and morally into vigorous manhood./This statue provided to the North Central Region, Boy/Scouts of America, through the generosity of:/Mr. and Mrs. John W. Starr/Kansas City, Missouri. signed
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Summary:
Standing figure of a boy scout holding his hat against his chest with his right hand. His left hand rests on a hatchet hanging from his belt on his left side. The sculpture is installed on a brick base.
