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The Scout movement, also known as Scouting or the Scouts, is a voluntary non-political educational movement for young people. Although it requires an oath of allegiance to a nation's leaders and, in some countries, to a god, it otherwise allows membership without distinction of gender, race or origin in accordance with the principles of its founder, Lord Baden-Powell. The purpose of the Scout Movement is to contribute to the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual potentials as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities. During the first half of the twentieth century, the movement grew to encompass three major age groups for boys: Cub Scout, Boy Scout and Rover Scout. In 1910, the Girl Guides was created, encompassing three major age groups for girls: Brownie Guide, Girl Guide and Girl Scout and Ranger Guide. It is one of several worldwide youth organizations.
In 1906 and 1907 Robert Baden-Powell, a lieutenant general in the British Army, wrote a book for boys about reconnaissance and scouting. This book, Scouting for Boys, was based on his earlier books about military scouting, with influence and support of Frederick Russell Burnham (Chief of Scouts in British Africa), Ernest Thompson Seton of the Woodcraft Indians, William Alexander Smith of the Boys' Brigade, and his publisher Pearson. In mid-1907 Baden-Powell held a camp on Brownsea Island in England to test ideas for his book. This camp and the publication of Scouting for Boys (London, 1908) are generally regarded as the start of the Scout movement.
The movement employs the Scout method, a programme of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking, and sports. Another widely recognized movement characteristic is the Scout uniform, by intent hiding all differences of social standing in a country and making for equality, with neckerchief and campaign hat or comparable headwear. Distinctive uniform insignia include the fleur-de-lis and the trefoil, as well as badges and other patches. (Full article...)
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Baden-Powell House, colloquially known as B-P House and sometimes referred to as 65 Queen's Gate, is a hostel and conference centre in South Kensington, London that was built as a tribute to Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting. The house, owned by The Scout Association, hosts a small exhibition relating to Scouting in its current form and a granite statue by Don Potter.
The building committee, chaired by Sir Harold Gillett, Lord Mayor of London, purchased the site in 1956, and assigned Ralph Tubbs to design the house in the modern architectural style. The foundation stone was laid in 1959 by World Chief Guide Olave, Lady Baden-Powell, and it was opened in 1961 by Queen Elizabeth II. The largest part of the £400,000 cost was provided by the Scout Movement itself. (Full article...)List of selected articles |
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1996 World Rover Moot
British Guiana Scout leaders, April 1954
Baden-Powell grave
A Czech Scout camp at 19th World Scout Jamboree 1999
American Boy Scouts at summer camp in 2002. In the front row, the first three boys have made Eagle Scout and the 4th is one requirement away.
Preparing the pancakes before the arrival of the children for the evening dinner during the summer camp of the Dutch Student Rover crew Delftsche Zwervers for children in special education. Because pancakes are considered to be a feast meal for children, this is served on the last evening dinner of this camp.
Portuguese Girl Scouts at the 21st World Scout Jamboree, Jul 28, 2007, England
Wood Badge beads and neckerchief. Wood Badge is the premier Boy Scout adult leader training course. A holder of the Wood Badge is a leader highly trained and dedicated Scout leader.
Scouts camping at the hallowed ground of Scouting, Gilwell Park, England in the summer of 2006
Sioux: Ohiyesa, (pronounced Oh hee' yay suh), February 19, 1858 - January 8, 1939) was a Native American author, physician and reformer. He was active in politics and helped found the Boy Scouts of America.
Yang Huimin (simplified Chinese: 杨惠敏; traditional Chinese: 楊惠敏) was a Chinese Girl Guide during the battle of Shanghai.
Polish Boy Scouts fighting in the Warsaw Uprising
Sculpture erected in 1982 to commemorate the 1979 Jamboree at Perry Lakes Western Australia and 75 years of Scouts.
Girl Scouts in the Central African Republic
Commemorative stone marking the site of the first Scout encampment at Brownsea Island, England, held Aug 1-9, 1907 by Robert Baden-Powell
Young future U.S. President Eagle Scout Gerald Ford, Mackinac Island, Michigan, August, 1929
Scouts in Virginia, USA having fun, like Scouts from all over the world do outdoors
Boy Scouts take to the streets in New York City, 1917
Boy Scouts of America uniform circa 1917-1918
Cub Scouts of Hong Kong at Scout Rally having fun, Nov 2005
Boy Scouts canoeing on the Blackwater River, Virginia
First Gilwell Wood Badge in the Netherlands, July 1923
Lovely sunrise at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico
Lady Olave Baden-Powell, wife of Lord Baden-Powell and founder of Girl Guides/Scouts
Scout councils (Boy Scouts of America)
Memorial stone on Brownsea Island commemorating the first Scout encampment, Aug 1-9, 1907, Brownsea Island
B-P's footprint
The first Scout encampment, Aug 1-9, 1907, Brownsea Island
This postage stamp was issued in 1978 to celebrate 50 years of Girl Guiding in the Faroe Isles. This year will mark their 80th anniversary.
Mafeking Cadets, one of the many inspirations of the Scouting Movement
Frederick Russell Burnham one of biggest influences on the founding of Scouting.
Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. A 5-day Boy Scout Camp on the bank of the Mississippi River was composed of nearly a hundred boys from the Rohwer Center, a few less form the Jerome Center, together with a small troop from the nearby town of Arkansas City.
Scouting friends from around the world at the 21st World Scout Jamboree, Aug 01, 2007, England
The 8th Indonesian National Rover Moot - Prambanan Temple-Yogyakarta July 8-17 2003
A happy Cub Scout holds a winning pine car
The Tooth of Time, a landmark at Philmont Scout Ranch
Did you know
- ... that Olave Baden-Powell was Scoutmaster for the 1st Ewhurst Scout troop and at their first meeting they used the Union Jack that had flown over besieged Mafeking?
- ...that in 1980, the British TV programme Jim'll Fix It, arranged for a group of Cubs to eat their lunch on a rollercoater, with hilarious results. It became one of the most requested clips on British TV. In 2007, the same people, now adults, went back and remade the clip!
- ...that Scouting for Boys was the fourth bestselling book of the 20th century?
- ...that Scouts in Hawaii helped re-introduce the endangered Nene into the Haleakala National Park by carrying young birds into the Haleakala Crater in their backpacks?
- ...that EuroJam 2005 set the world record for the largest single internet order to a supermarket?
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- 1940 – The Girl Scouts of the Philippines is founded.
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Wood Badge beads on top of the 1st Gilwell Scout Group neckerchief.
The monument to the Battle of Isandlwana depicts a beaded Zulu necklace similar to the one used for the original Wood Badge beads
King Dinuzulu, wearing what is perhaps the necklace from which the original Wood Badge beads came
Four American Wood Badgers with insignia
British Scouts in Detroit, July 1942
Baden-Powell
Smokey Bear with members of the Boy Scouts of America and the Camp Fire Girls celebrating the 50th anniversary of their founding in 1910
Santa and Scouts in Snow (1913), one of many Boys' Life covers
Eerste Nederlandsche Meisjes Gezellen Vereeniging (First Dutch Girls Companions Society), 1911, first Dutch Girl Guides
First Wood Badge training at Gilwell Park
A kudu horn
Girl Guides in the United Kingdom, 1918
Gilwell Leiderscursus, The Netherlands July 9–21, 1923
MacLaren Tartan
Scouts doing a good deed
World War II era Japanese American Boy Scouts, Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming
Princess Mary and Girl Guides, 1922
Australian Scouting stamp
Wood Badge neckerchief, set of three beads (training staff), and woggle
Scouting by region
World Organization of the Scout Movement:
- Africa Scout Region
- Arab Scout Region
- Asia-Pacific Scout Region
- Eurasian Scout Region
- European Scout Region
- Interamerican Scout Region
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts:
- Africa Region
- Arab Region
- Asia Pacific Region
- Europe Region
- Western Hemisphere Region
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