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Why is today's date important to Boy Scouts of all countries?
Robert Baden-Powell held his first Boy Scout camp on Brownsea Island on 1 August 1907.
What Flower is on the Boy Scout Badge?
It is not a flower but a fleur-de-lis. The history goes a long way back to Baden Powell and his experimental camp on Brownsea island in 1907.
What is Robert Baden-Powell famous for?
Baden-Powell is famous for creating the worldwide boy scout movement. The first boy scout camp was in July 1907. In 1908, the scouting association was in full stride and in 1953 scouts was introduced to Australia. :)
Did Baden Powell discover Brownsea Island?
No, he just used it for the first Scout camp.
When was scouting made and where?
In 1907 Lord Robert Baden-Powell started the Scouting movement by taking a group of boys on a camp, this camp was held on Brownsea Island, and there were 4 patrols: Curlews, Ravens, Bulls and wolves
When did scouting start in England?
Baden Powell held his first camp on Brownsea Island in 1907.
When did sea scouting begin?
Sea Scouting had its beginning at a camp fire in England when Lord Baden-Powell voiced the hope that older Scouts would be learning about boat management and seamanship.
On what date was boy scouts organized?
Robert Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scouts as an organization in 1908, a few months after the first scout encampment at Brownsea Island Scout camp in 1907.For the source and more detailed information concerning your request, click on the related links section (Wikipedia) indicated directly below this answer section.
Why does the World Scout Emblem have a Fleur de Lys?
The World Scout Emblem has a Fleur de Lis because when Lord-Baden Powell started awarding badges in the shape of the fleur-de-lis arrowhead to army scouts whom he had trained while serving in India in 1897. He later issued a copper Fleur de Lys to all the experimental camp on Brownsea Island in 1907.
How long has scouts been going for?
Lord Baden-Powell did his first experiment in scouting on Brownsea Island in 1907. He founded the Boy Scouts in England in 1908 and William Boyce founded the Boy Scouts of America in 1910 after a visit to England and meetings with Baden-Powell. There were, however, other scouting organizations dating back to the late 1800's , mostly in the US.
Was Baden-Baden a concentration camp?
Baden-baden was not a concentration camp during World War 2. It was an internment camp and I know that American Foreign Service members and staff, stranded in Europe when the US entered the war, were interned there, as were others, such as Mennonites who had been doing relief work in occupied France.
How did Boy Scouts start?
On his return from Africa in 1903, Baden-Powell found that his military training manual, Aids to Scouting, had become a best-seller, and was being used by teachers and youth organisations.[25] Following his involvement in the Boys' Brigade as Brigade Secretary and Officer in charge of its scouting section, with encouragement from his friend, William Alexander Smith, Baden-Powell decided to re-write Aids to Scouting to suit a youth readership. In August 1907 he held a camp on Brownsea Island for twenty-two boys from local Boys Brigade companies and sons of friends of Baden-Powell's from public schools Eton and Harrow to test out the applicability of his ideas. Baden-Powell was also influenced by Ernest Thompson Seton, who founded the Woodcraft Indians. Seton gave Baden-Powell a copy of his book The Birch Bark Roll of the Woodcraft Indians and they met in 1906.[26][27] The first book on the Scout Movement, Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys was published in six instalments in 1908, and has sold approximately 150 million copies as the fourth best-selling book of the 20th century.[28]Reviewing the Boy Scouts of Washington D.C. from the portico of the White House: Baden-Powell, President Taft, British ambassador Bryce (1912)Boys and girls spontaneously formed Scout troops and the Scouting Movement had inadvertently started, first as a national, and soon an international obsession. The Scouting Movement was to grow up in friendly parallel relations with the Boys' Brigade. A rally for all Scouts was held at Crystal Palace in London in 1909, at which Baden-Powell discovered the first Girl Scouts. The Girl Guide Movement was subsequently founded in 1910 under the auspices of Baden-Powell's sister, Agnes Baden-Powell. Baden-Powell's friend, Juliette Gordon Low, was encouraged by him to bring the Movement to America, where she founded the Girl Scouts of the USA.In 1920, the 1st World Scout Jamboree took place in Olympia, and Baden-Powell was acclaimed Chief Scout of the World. Baden-Powell was created a Baronet in the 1921 New Year Honours and Baron Baden-Powell, of Gilwell, in the County of Essex, on 17 September 1929, Gilwell Park being the International Scout Leader training centre.[29] After receiving this honour, Baden-Powell mostly styled himself "Baden-Powell of Gilwell".Three Scouting pioneers: Robert Baden-Powell (seated), Ernest T. Seton (left), and Dan Beard (right)In 1929, during the 3rd World Scout Jamboree, he received as a present a new 20 horse power Rolls-Royce car (chassis number GVO-40, registration OU 2938) and an Eccles Caravan.[30] This combination well served the Baden-Powells in their further travels around Europe. The caravan was nicknamed Eccles and is now on display at Gilwell Park. The car, nicknamed Jam Roll, was sold after his death by Olave Baden-Powell in 1945. Jam Roll and Eccles were reunited at Gilwell for the 21st World Scout Jamboree in 2007. Recently it has been purchased on behalf of Scouting and is owned by a charity, B-P Jam Roll Ltd. Funds are being raised to repay the loan that was used to purchase the car.[30][31] Baden-Powell also had a positive impact on improvements in youth education.[32] Under his dedicated command the world Scouting Movement grew. By 1922 there were more than a million Scouts in 32 countries; by 1939 the number of Scouts was in excess of 3.3 million.[33]At the 5th World Scout Jamboree in 1937, Baden-Powell gave his farewell to Scouting, and retired from public Scouting life. 22 February, the joint birthday of Robert and Olave Baden-Powell, continues to be marked as Founder's Day by Scouts and Thinking Day by Guides to remember and celebrate the work of the Chief Scout and Chief Guide of the World.In his final letter to the Scouts, Baden-Powell wrote:...I have had a most happy life and I want each one of you to have a happy life too. I believe that God put us in this jolly world to be happy and enjoy life. Happiness does not come from being rich, nor merely being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy, so that you can be useful and so you can enjoy life when you are a man. Nature study will show you how full of beautiful and wonderful things God has made the world for you to enjoy. Be contented with what you have got and make the best of it. Look on the bright side of things instead of the gloomy one. But the real way to get happiness is by giving out happiness to other people. Try and leave this world a little better than you found it and when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate you have not wasted your time but have done your best. 'Be Prepared' in this way, to live happy and to die happy - stick to your Scout Promise always - even after you have ceased to be a boy - and God help you to do it.[34]
