The Burns Banner was unveiled on August 6th. It is a fantastic and vibrant addition to Market Street. After speeches by SPL director Robyn Marsack, Mary Shields of Homecoming Scotland, and artist Stephen Raw, Sheena Wellington, who sang at the opening of the Scottish Parliament, sang the second and last stanzas of ‘A Man’s a Man for a’ That’. The assembled, including letter contributors from as far as Mull and Dubai, passers-by, press and friends of the library, joined in while the sun shone. We hope you’ll be able to make it to the see the banner you helped make, but for those who can’t, we’ll be adding more pictures here soon. For now, here is the Burns Banner itself!
You can a full image of the Burns Banner over on ‘The Banner’ section, which also has a full list of contributors, and a full list of the letters chosen. AND scroll down on this page to see the video of the making of the banner …
I love the Burns Banner. Seeing it was the highlight of my trip to Edinburgh. Well done to everyone involved in creating such a striking piece of art!