Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Brownsea Island and Baden-Powell

Today marks the anniversary of the start of the 'scout' movement by Robert Baden-Powell.

He started the boy scout movement by setting up a camp for 20 boys in 1907. The movement has become global, with (according to the BBC) 28 million scouts worldwide.

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Brownsea Island belongs to the National Trust and is reached by ferry from Poole. You can read about the Monument commemorating the first Scout camp on Wikipedia.