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Have you ever wondered what Scouts in the past wore, thought or did? The Scouts Heritage Collection holds over 250,000 photographs, diaries, letters and objects that tell the story of over 100 years of Scouts activities.
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- How Scouting Grew
In 2007, Scouts celebrated its centenary and the 21st World...
- Scouting for Girls
During 1909, various announcements were made by HQ...
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By 1908, Scouting was established in Gibraltar, Malta, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Malaya (YMCA Experimental Troop in Penang) and South Africa. In 1909 Chile was the first country outside the British dominions to have a Scouting organization recognized by Baden-Powell.
In 2007, Scouts celebrated its centenary and the 21st World Scout Jamboree was held in the UK. Scouts once again gained recognition in 2009 when TV adventurer Bear Grylls was announced as the new Chief Scout.
For the origins of Boy Scouts and the Scout Movement, before the formation of The Scout Association, see Scouting. The organisation was formed in 1910, in order to provide a national body in the United Kingdom which could organise and support the rapidly growing number of Scout patrols and troops, which had already formed spontaneously ...
The Boy Scout movement was founded in Great Britain in 1908 by a cavalry officer, Lieutenant General Robert S.S. (later Lord) Baden-Powell, who had written a book called Scouting for Boys (1908) but who was better known as the defender of the town of Mafeking in the South African (or Boer) War.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
In 1920, the very first World Scout Jamboree was held in London and Baden-Powell was given the title of Chief Scout of the World. During the first and second world wars, Scouts helped the coastwatch, worked on farms, and carried messages.
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Oct 22, 2009 · On January 24, 1908, the Boy Scouts movement begins in England with the publication of the first installment of Robert Baden-Powell’s Scouting for Boys. The name Baden-Powell was already...
