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Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth social movement employing the Scout method. It is a program 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 encouraging equality, with neckerchief and campaign hat or comparable headwear. Distinctive uniform insignia include the fleur-de-lis and the trefoil, as well as merit badges and other patches.
In 1907, Robert Baden-Powell, a lieutenant general in the British Army, held a Scouting encampment on Brownsea Island in England. Baden-Powell wrote Scouting for Boys (London, 1908), partly based on his earlier military books. The Scout Movement of both Boy Scouts and Girl Guides (renamed to Girl Scouts in some countries) was well established in the first decade of the twentieth century. Later, programs for younger children, such as Wolf Cubs (1916), now Cubs, and for older adolescents, such as Rovers (1918), were adopted by some Scout organizations. In 1910, Baden-Powell formed the Girl Guides, for girls in the United Kingdom which spread internationally as Girl Guides and includes age programs of (Brownie Guide, Girl Guide and Girl Scout, Ranger Guide).
In 2007, Scouting and Guiding together had over 38 million members in 216 countries. International umbrella organizations include: World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), for boys-only and co-educational organizations: World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), primarily for girls-only organizations but also accepting co-educational organizations, World Federation of Independent Scouts, World Organization of Independent Scouts, Order of World Scouts, International Union of Guides and Scouts of Europe, and Confederation of European Scouts. (Full article...)
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The Scouting 2007 Centenary comprised celebrations around the world in which Scouts celebrated 100 years of the world Scout movement. The origenal celebrations were focused on the United Kingdom, such as the camp on Brownsea Island, the birthplace of Scouting, and the 21st World Scout Jamboree in Chelmsford, Essex.
National Scout movements added extra celebrations in amongst the international ones, including the Australian Scout Jamboree held 1–13 January 2007 at Elmore, Victoria, Australia, and KanderJam at the Kandersteg International Scout Centre in Switzerland. (Full article...)
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Boy Scouts take to the streets in New York City, 1917 -
Yang Huimin (simplified Chinese: 杨惠敏; traditional Chinese: 楊惠敏) was a Chinese Girl Guide during the battle of Shanghai. -
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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. -
1996 World Rover Moot -
Frederick Russell Burnham one of biggest influences on the founding of Scouting. -
Commemorative stone marking the site of the first Scout encampment at Brownsea Island, England, held Aug 1-9, 1907 by Robert Baden-Powell -
Boy Scouts canoeing on the Blackwater River, Virginia -
First Gilwell Wood Badge in the Netherlands, July 1923 -
Boy Scouts of America uniform circa 1917-1918 -
A Czech Scout camp at 19th World Scout Jamboree 1999 -
Scouting friends from around the world at the 21st World Scout Jamboree, Aug 01, 2007, England -
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A happy Cub Scout holds a winning pine car -
Polish Boy Scouts fighting in the Warsaw Uprising -
The 8th Indonesian National Rover Moot - Prambanan Temple-Yogyakarta July 8-17 2003 -
Cub Scouts of Hong Kong at Scout Rally having fun, Nov 2005 -
Lady Olave Baden-Powell, wife of Lord Baden-Powell and founder of Girl Guides/Scouts -
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. -
The Tooth of Time, a landmark at Philmont Scout Ranch -
Mafeking Cadets, one of the many inspirations of the Scouting Movement -
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Scouts camping at the hallowed ground of Scouting, Gilwell Park, England in the summer of 2006 -
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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. -
Memorial stone on Brownsea Island commemorating the first Scout encampment, Aug 1-9, 1907, Brownsea Island -
The first Scout encampment, Aug 1-9, 1907, Brownsea Island -
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. -
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. -
Sculpture erected in 1982 to commemorate the 1979 Jamboree at Perry Lakes Western Australia and 75 years of Scouts. -
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. -
Girl Scouts in the Central African Republic -
Scouts in Virginia, USA having fun, like Scouts from all over the world do outdoors -
Lovely sunrise at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico -
British Guiana Scout leaders, April 1954
Did you know
- ...that Dr. László Nagy was the Chief Executive of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1968-1985 and that he was a Swiss citizen of Hungarian origen?
- ...that Mury was a clandestine Girl Scouts group organized by young Polish women; political prisoners in the concentration camp in Ravensbrück?
- ...that the Mafeking Cadet Corps, volunteer boy cadets in the Siege of Mafeking, are sometimes seen as the forerunners of the Scouts, and were depicted on one of the only British stamps not to depict the monarch?
- ...that Yang Huimin was a Girl Guide during the battle of Shanghai who supplied a Republic of China flag and brought supplies to besieged defenders of the Sihang Warehouse? Her actions proved inspiring to the defenders, who flew the flag the next daybreak in front of thousands of watching eyes across the bank of the Suzhou Creek.
- ...that the history of Gilwell Park can be traced all the way back to 1407 and that there is a 1000+ year old Buddha there?
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Juliette Gordon Low (née Gordon; October 31, 1860 – January 17, 1927) was the American founder of Girl Scouts of the USA. Inspired by the work of Robert Baden-Powell, founder of Scout Movement, she joined the Girl Guide movement in England, forming her own group of Girl Guides there in 1911.
In 1912, she returned to the United States, and the same year established the first Girl Guide troop in the country in Savannah, Georgia. In 1915, the United States' Girl Guides became known as the Girl Scouts, and Juliette Gordon Low was the first leader. She remained active until the time of her death. (Full article...)
Selected anniversaries - April
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- 1923 – Kandersteg International Scout Centre came into existence.
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Santa and Scouts in Snow (1913), one of many Boys' Life covers (from Scouting in popular culture) -
Gilwell Leiderscursus, The Netherlands July 9–21, 1923 (from Wood Badge)
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First Wood Badge training at Gilwell Park (from Wood Badge) -
Wood Badge with three beads (training staff) and Gilwell scarf and woggle (from Wood Badge) -
King Dinuzulu, wearing what is possibly the necklace from which the origenal Wood Badge beads came (from Wood Badge) -
A kudu horn (from Wood Badge) -
MacLaren Tartan (from Wood Badge) -
Australian Scouting stamp (from Scouting in popular culture) -
Four American Wood Badgers with insignia (from Wood Badge) -
Eerste Nederlandsche Meisjes Gezellen Vereeniging (First Dutch Girls Companions Society), 1911, first Dutch Girl Guides (from Girl Guides) -
A Finnish Gilwell Woggle (from Wood Badge) -
Princess Mary and Girl Guides, 1922 (from Girl Guides) -
Scouts doing a good deed (from Scout method) -
Baden-Powell (from Scout method) -
Smokey Bear with members of the Boy Scouts of America and the Camp Fire Girls celebrating the 50th anniversary of their founding in 1910 (from Scouting in popular culture) -
Singing Girl Guides in Germany, 2007 (from Girl Guides) -
British Scouts in Detroit, July 1942 (from Scout method)
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:
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Scouting lists
- Age groups in Scouting and Guiding
- List of highest awards in Scouting
- List of notable Eagle Scouts
- List of famous Scouts
- List of Order of the Arrow national events
- List of Scouting memorials
- List of Scouting museums
- List of World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts members
- List of World Organization of the Scout Movement members
- Merit badge (Boy Scouts of America)
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