Takoma Park, Maryland: Roscoe the Rooster

Go on Sunday, midday, to catch the local farmers market immediately next to Roscoe the Rooster.

Roscoe the Rooster sits upon his perch and Sunday is the perfect time to enjoy him during the Farmer's Market. I can't say that this median is much of a park, but Farmer's Market is a weekly happening for us locals.

This took me a while to find, since the directions state it is in a park, but it's actually located in the middle of the road in front of a clock. This rooster doesn't really stand out, nor does the plaque below give much of a back story. The plaque reads:

"ROSCOE 1989-1999 This free-spirited rooster, who chose to live in our town, was fed and protected by Alan Daugharthy and Alma Keating, and brought joy into our urban lives."

The guy with the rooster hat was a local selling produce at the farmers market.

His Memorial has been built on Carroll Avenue, near the spot where he was run down by an SUV. In April, the local newspaper, the Takoma Voice, printed a picture of Roscoe's statue surrounded by easter eggs (in tribute, perhaps to his feminine side?).

Roscoe also has been hailed as the "recovery rooster," because he overcame a serious bout of depression shortly before he was run over, and in the words of Takoma Voice Reporter, Myron Bretholz, "He was learning to live again, he was coming out of his shell." Prior to Roscoe's death, the rooster had had two run-ins with the Takoma Park police, which caused many to suspect he died as the result of foul play.

On your dead mascots page, I see no mention of Takoma Park, MD's celebrated "Roscoe, the Rooster." Takoma Parkers are raising money for a memorial to him and there is talk of changing Carroll Avenue's name to "Roscoe Road."