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Fair fa' your honest sonsie face, Great chieftan o' the puddin' race!
burns the legacy
on 25 january every year people the world o'er celebrating burns night will address the haggis at a burns supper
IN 2026 IT WILL BE
267 YEARS SINCE BURNS WAS BORN
240 YEARS SINCE THE KILMARNOCK EDITION WAS PRINTED
230 YEARS SINCE BURNS DIED
225 YEARS SINCE THE FIRST BURNS SUPPER
1. BURNS THE popular ... ROBERT burns funeral saw the streets fill with thousands of people, his centenary saw 17,500 celebrations across the globe, his glasgow statue unveiled to 30,000 attenders.
2. Burns the STATUE ... Only Christopher Columbus and Queen Victoria can rival Burns in his number of (non religious) statues. Have you completed our Burns Tribute Trail? send us your photos!
3. Burns the GREAT ... ROBERT Burns was voted Scotland National Trust's favourite Scot in 2016 receiving more than double the votes of his closest competitor.
4. Burns the brand ... ROBERT Burns was the first person ever to appear on a Coca Cola bottle, he adorned the wing of a Norwegian plane 'The Rabbie Burns Dreamliner' and he appeared on banknotes.
5. Burns the bard ... Burns reputation as the Scottish Shakespeare was reinforced when a marble bust of him was positioned in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey close to the 'other' bard!
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham lincoln performed 'to a mouse' at the whitehouse in 1865
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou at age 8 was inspired by burns themes of freedom, love and justice
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan cites 'A Red Red Rose' as a creative inspiration
Kofi Annan
Kofi Annan's 2004 Robert Burns memorial at the UN Headquarters called for brotherhood, tolerance & co-existance among all people
John Keats
John Keats a romantic poet following in burns footsteps composed 'on visiting the tomb of burns'
'Cast wan upon it? Burns! with honour due'
Samuil Marshak
Samuil Marshak's Burns russian translations sold over 600,000 copies and Burns Nights have taken place in The Kremlin
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