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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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The Order of the Arrow (OA) is the National Honor Society of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), composed of Scouts and Scouters who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law in their daily lives as elected by their peers. The society was created by E. Urner Goodman, with the assistance of Carroll A. Edson, in 1915 as a means of reinforcing the Scout Oath and the Scout Law. It uses imagery commonly associated with American Indian cultures for its self-invented ceremonies. These ceremonies are usually for recognition of leadership qualities, camping skills, and other scouting ideals as exemplified by their elected peers.
Influenced by Scout camp customs, the OA uses "safeguarded" (privy only to members) symbols, handshakes, and private rituals to impart a sense of community. Native Americans have criticized the OA's various symbols and "rituals" as cultural appropriation based on non-Native stereotypes of American Indians. (Full article...)Selected picture
The 8th Indonesian National Rover Moot - Prambanan Temple-Yogyakarta July 8-17 2003
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.
Polish Boy Scouts fighting in the Warsaw Uprising
Cub Scouts of Hong Kong at Scout Rally having fun, Nov 2005
Boy Scouts of America uniform circa 1917-1918
Yang Huimin (simplified Chinese: 杨惠敏; traditional Chinese: 楊惠敏) was a Chinese Girl Guide during the battle of Shanghai.
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.
Frederick Russell Burnham one of biggest influences on the founding of Scouting.
A happy Cub Scout holds a winning pine car
Scouting friends from around the world at the 21st World Scout Jamboree, Aug 01, 2007, England
Young future U.S. President Eagle Scout Gerald Ford, Mackinac Island, Michigan, August, 1929
Boy Scouts canoeing on the Blackwater River, Virginia
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.
Commemorative stone marking the site of the first Scout encampment at Brownsea Island, England, held Aug 1-9, 1907 by Robert Baden-Powell
First Gilwell Wood Badge in the Netherlands, July 1923
Boy Scouts take to the streets in New York City, 1917
British Guiana Scout leaders, April 1954
1996 World Rover Moot
The first Scout encampment, Aug 1-9, 1907, Brownsea Island
The Tooth of Time, a landmark at Philmont Scout Ranch
Lovely sunrise at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico
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.
Mafeking Cadets, one of the many inspirations of the Scouting Movement
Scouts in Virginia, USA having fun, like Scouts from all over the world do outdoors
A Czech Scout camp at 19th World Scout Jamboree 1999
Scouts camping at the hallowed ground of Scouting, Gilwell Park, England in the summer of 2006
Lady Olave Baden-Powell, wife of Lord Baden-Powell and founder of Girl Guides/Scouts
Sculpture erected in 1982 to commemorate the 1979 Jamboree at Perry Lakes Western Australia and 75 years of Scouts.
Memorial stone on Brownsea Island commemorating the first Scout encampment, Aug 1-9, 1907, Brownsea Island
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.
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.
Girl Scouts in the Central African Republic
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Did you know
- ...that Bhumibol Adulyadej, the longest reigning king in Thai history, was awarded the Bronze Wolf in 2006?
- ...that Olave Baden-Powell is one of only two people who were awarded a gold-colored Silver Fish award?
- ...that the Internationale Musische Werkstatt (International Creative Workshop, IMWe) is run by the Verband Christlicher Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder (VCP)?
- ...that Piet J. Kroonenberg took part in the events of A Bridge Too Far?
- ...that Edgar Cunningham was one of the first African-American Eagle Scout?
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Closing ceremony of the 20th World Scout Jamboree, held in Thailand in 2002/2003
Santa and Scouts in Snow (1913), one of many Boys' Life covers
British Scouts in Detroit, July 1942
Wood Badge neckerchief, set of three beads (training staff), and woggle
Scouts doing a good deed
Girl Guides in the United Kingdom, 1918
Four American Wood Badgers with insignia
The monument to the Battle of Isandlwana depicts a beaded Zulu necklace similar to the one used for the original Wood Badge beads
Wood Badge beads on top of the 1st Gilwell Scout Group neckerchief.
Eerste Nederlandsche Meisjes Gezellen Vereeniging (First Dutch Girls Companions Society), 1911, first Dutch Girl Guides
King Dinuzulu, wearing what is perhaps the necklace from which the original Wood Badge beads came
World War II era Japanese American Boy Scouts, Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming
A kudu horn
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Princess Mary and Girl Guides, 1922
MacLaren Tartan
Australian Scouting stamp
Gilwell Leiderscursus, The Netherlands July 9–21, 1923
Smokey Bear with members of the Boy Scouts of America and the Camp Fire Girls celebrating the 50th anniversary of their founding in 1910
First Wood Badge training at Gilwell Park
Scouts at the 22nd World Scout Jamboree in Rinkaby, Sweden (2011)
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