''The Scout'' is a copy of sculptor
R. Tait McKenzie
Robert Tait McKenzie ( MacKenzie) (May 26, 1867 – April 28, 1938) was a Canadian physician, educator, sculptor, athlete, soldier and Scouter. Born in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, he attended McGill University in Montreal ...
's ''
The Ideal Scout
''The Ideal Scout'', also known as ''The Boy Scout'', is a work by Canadian sculptor R. Tait McKenzie (1867–1938). The original statue stood in front of the Cradle of Liberty Council at 22nd and Winter Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, fro ...
'',
installed outside the offices of
Boy Scouts of America
Scouting America is the largest scouting organization and one of the largest List of youth organizations, youth organizations in the United States, with over 1 million youth, including nearly 200,000 female participants. Founded as the Boy Sco ...
's Cascade Pacific Council, at 2145 Southwest
Naito Parkway
Naito Parkway is a major thoroughfare of Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was formerly known as Front Avenue and Front Street and was renamed in 1996 to honor Bill Naito. It runs between SW Barbur Boulevard and NW Front Avenue, and adja ...
, in
Portland, Oregon
Portland ( ) is the List of cities in Oregon, most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, ...
.
Description
According to the
Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution ( ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, Education center, education and Research institute, research centers, created by the Federal government of the United States, U.S. government "for the increase a ...
, the statue is a "Full-length figure of an adolescent boy in the traditional Boy Scout uniform of shirt, scarf, shorts, knee socks and laced ankle-high shoes. He holds a hat over his chest with his proper right hand."
The metal statue measures appropriately 70 x 26 x 19 inches, and rests on a trapezoid-shaped base with a width of approximately 52 inches and a diameter of approximately 55 inches.
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File:BSA, Portland, Oregon, 2018 - 1.jpg, The statue in front of Cascade Pacific Council's offices, 2017
File:BSA, Portland, Oregon, 2018 - 3.jpg, Plaque for the sculpture
File:BSA, Portland, Oregon, 2018 - 4.jpg, Plaque for the sculpture
]
History
The Portland cast was gifted by the council's former president, Zenon C.R. Hansen, and dedicated in 1972. It was surveyed as part of Smithsonian's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!
Save Outdoor Sculpture! (SOS!) was a community-based effort to identify, document, and conserve outdoor sculpture in the United States. The program was initiated in 1989 and ended in 1999.
History
Save Outdoor Sculpture! was initiated by Heri ...
" program in 1993.[
]
See also
* 1972 in art
Events from the year 1972 in art.
Events
*March–November – City Sculpture Project in England.
*May 21 – In St. Peter's Basilica (Vatican City), Laszlo Toth attacks Michelangelo's ''Pietà'' statue with a geologist's hammer, shouting th ...
* List of Scouting memorials
Since the birth and expansion of the Scout movement in the first decade of the 20th century, many Scouting memorials, monuments and gravesites have been erected throughout the world.
Africa
Kenya
* Baden-Powell grave – Wajee Nature Park, Nye ...
* Scouting in Oregon
References
External links
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1972 establishments in Oregon
Boy Scouts of America
Metal sculptures
Monuments and memorials in Portland, Oregon
Outdoor sculptures in Southwest Portland, Oregon
Scouting in art
Scouting monuments and memorials
Sculptures of children in Oregon
Statues in Portland, Oregon