William Hunter Monument, Townhill Cemetery
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William Hunter Monument, Townhill Cemetery
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 27 Oct 2011
A gravestone mainly paid for by the Dunfermline-born U.S. philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie, to commemorate a local boy who drowned while trying to save the life of another boy swimming in the town loch. Carnegie, a life-long pacifist (he paid an Irishman $18,000 dollars to fight for him by proxy in the U.S. Civil War), believed that civilian bravery deserved as much recognition as courage on the battlefield. Hunter's self-sacrifice inspired him to institute the Carnegie Hero's medal which is still awarded today. Its outer edge is inscribed with a verse from the New Testament (John 15:1): "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends". See also: Image and Image
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Image Location
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56.076455
Longitude
-3.443328