Robert Burns Memorial (Barre) Three each depict a scene from a Burns poem,"The Cotter's Saturday Night", "To a Mountain Daisy", and "Tam o' Shanter's Ride". The fourth panel depicts Burns' cottage in Ayr, Scotland. The statue shows the poet returning from his day's work, in ploughman's dress, sleeves rolled up, bareheaded, his coat on his arm, eyes on the ground, and with an attitude and expression of thoughtful meditation. In January 1890, the Robert Burns Club of Barre was founded as a social and literary group in honor of Burns. On July 21, 1896, the fifty-member club met to commemorate the centenary of Burns'
John Burns (minister) Sunday school in the early 1780s, Burns opened a "Sabbath Night School" in Calton in 1774 or 1775. He married Elizabeth Stevenson, daughter of John Stevenson, brewer in Glasgow. Among Burns's nine children, John Burns (1775–1850) became Regius Professor of Surgery at the University of Glasgow, Allan Burns (1781–1813) was a physician to the Imperial Court of Russia, James Burns (1789–1871) was a shipowner and George Burns (1795–1890) was his partner in G & J Burns. John Burns (minister) John Burns (13 February 1744 – 26 February 1839) was born in Stirling, Scotland to John Burns of Stirth and Janet