Scouting memorials

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Throughout the world there are many Scouting memorials, monuments and gravesites.

Contents 1 Africa 2 Asia 2.1 Philippines 3 Europe 3.1 Austria 3.2 Germany 3.3 Hungary 3.4 Italy 3.5 Netherlands 3.6 Poland 3.7 Romania 3.8 Slovenia 3.9 Ukraine 3.10 United Kingdom 4 North America 4.1 Canada 4.2 Mexico 4.3 United States 5 Oceania 5.1 Australia 6 Central and South America 6.1 Brazil 6.2 Venezuela 7 Film tributes 8 See also 9 External links 10 References

[edit] Africa

• Baden-Powell grave - Wajee Nature Park, Nyeri, Kenya, near Mount Kenya. His gravestone bears a circle with a dot in the center, which is the Boy Scout trail sign for "I have gone home": 0.41878° S 36.95022° E
  
• Baden-Powell "Paxtu" Cottage - On the grounds of the "Outspan Hotel", Nyeri, Kenya 0.421970° S 36.937220° E^[1][2][3]
• A museum is also under construction only a few hundred yards away from Baden Powel's gravesite. The museum is being funded by a joint effort between WSO nations to create an international scouting heritage center.^{[citation needed]}
• A commemorative stamp featuring Lord Baden-Powell's Paxtu cottage and Lady Baden-Powell has been issued by Kenya (right).

[edit] Asia

[edit] Philippines

• Quezon City - The 11th World Scout Jamboree Memorial rotunda, Tomas Morato corner Timog Avenue, Quezon City. The memorial was erected in memory of the Filipino scouts and scout masters who died in a plane crash in Bombay, India on their way to Marathon, Greece. Several of the streets in the surrounding area were named in honor of these 24 Boy Scouts. South Triangle district is also often called Scout Area. In fact, one of the barangays (small local government unit) in the area is called Laging Handa (always ready), the motto of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines. 14.6348056° N 121.035361° E
• Manila - The Boy Scout Cenotaph, North Cemetery (near its entrance), Manila. A cenotaph also in memory of the Filipino scouts and scout masters who died in that plane crash in Bombay, India. It has marble plaques it its sides donated by the different Scouting organizations around the world. Its feature is the Scout Sign with a cross inside its fingers.

[edit] Europe

[edit] Austria

• At the site of the 7th World Scout Jamboree, Bad Ischl, are 3 memorial stones. One for the Jamboree, two for the Reunions 1991 and 2001^[4][5]

• Innsbruck - a memorial for all deceased scouts of Tyrol, it is located at the Tummelplatz in Amras.
• Großarl,
  • "Europetable" (German: Europatisch) commemorating Robert Baden-Powell and the a United Europe^[6]
  • "Heavenknot" (German: Himmelsknoten) - wooden reef knot with ISGF badge^[6]
  • Scout Salute^[6]
• Commemorative plaque in Neulengbach, commemorating the first Scoutcamps of Austria in Neulengbach during World War I^[7]
• Commemorative plaque in Neunkirchen, commemorating 100 years of Scouting^[8]
• Commemorative plaque in Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, commemorating members of the Scouts et Guides de France and ZHP, who died in this concentration camp^[9]
• "Boy Scouts Street" (German: Pfadfinderweg) in Salzburg, a street next to the house where Emmerich Teuber lived
• "Boy Scouts Street" (German: Pfadfinderweg) in Freistadt,^[10]
• "Boy Scouts Street" (German: Pfadfinderweg) in Gloggnitz^[10]
• Johann-Petrak-Street (German: Johann-Petrak-Gasse), Vienna,^[11] Johann was an important Scoutmaster in Vienna. He founded 6 Scout troops in Vienna and was also active in underground Scouting during the German occupation.
• Baden-Powell-Avenue (German: Baden-Powell-Allee), Graz^[12]
• Guild-Scout-Way (German: Gilde-Pfadfinder-Weg), Amstetten, Quarter Ulmerfeld, there is a Way of the Cross erected by the local Guild Scouts with paintings of the founder of the local Scout Group^[13][14][15]
• Gravesite of Karl "Kara" Barteis, Anthering.^[16]
• DDr. Heinrich Maier Street (German: DDr. Heinrich Maier Straße),Vienna
• Lohnsburg,Rover Scouts of the Catholic Scouts of Europe renovate a chapel. It is named Chapel of the mercifulness of god (German: Kapelle zur Göttlichen Barmherzigkeit). On the top of the tower is cross that looks like the emblem of the Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d'Europe^[17][18]

[edit] Germany

• Übersee, Quarter Baumgarten - a commemorative plaque on the ruins of a Scout house, burned down in 1934 by Hitler Youth and Sturmabteilung^[19]
• Mannheim, Hauptfriedhof - gravesite of Maximilian Bayer
• Dommershausen, Quarter Dorweiler, Castle Waldeck (German: Burg Waldeck) - Memorial of the German Youth Movement (German: Ehrenhain der deutschen Jugendbewegung)-memorial stones for German youth leaders (i.e.Eberhard Koebel) and Scoutmasters (i.e. Alexander Lion, Maximilian Bayer)
• Simmern, a memorial for all Scouts killed in action during the World Wars and all Scouts killed by the Nazis.^[20]
• Gündelskopf, a mountain in the alps of the Allgäu, Scouts and Guides of the Catholic Scouts of Europe erected a cross on the top of the Gündelskopf to commemorate 100 years of Scouting and to honor the Lord^[21][22]
• Burg Ludwigstein, a castle near Witzenhausen in centre of Germany. The castle is today the main centre of Bündische Jugend and many German and Austrian Scouting and Wandervogel association's. The castel was intended a memorial for members of the Wandervogel that were killed at 1st World War and includes today the archive of German Youth Movement.

[edit] Hungary

• Budapest - Scout statue of the St. Emeric monument

[edit] Italy

• "Baden-Powell street" (Italian: Via B.Powell), Monfalcone^[10][23]

[edit] Netherlands

• Nijmegen - Grave site of Jan van Hoof. This brave Rover Scout was killed while helping the allies to liberate Nijmegen during WWII. His grave is adorned with the logo of the Katholieke Verkenners.

[edit] Poland

• ZHP Memorial

[edit] Romania

• Scout memorial in Tecuci. It was destroyed in 1950 by communists and re-erected in 1996. ^[24]

[edit] Slovenia

• "Scout Street" (Slovene: Ulica tabornikov), Maribor^[10]

[edit] Ukraine

• L'viv
  • A Christ with scout lily and a hat in honor of Ukrainian plastuny died during two World wars
  • A memorial table in honour of Polish scouts died during WWI

[edit] United Kingdom

• Brownsea Island Scout camp
  

  

  Stone on Brownsea Island commemorating the first scout camp.
• Plaque at Seton Birthplace, Wellington Terrace, South Shields, Durham (now part of South Tyneside)
• Scout Memorial, Nelson, Lancashire - The memorial is of a young boy scout in full uniform and stands on the forecourt area between Nelson Town Centre Library, the Town Hall and the new Liberata Business Centre. It was recently refurbished to a high standard by Pendle Borough Council and is one of a few such statues in the UK which commemorates Scouting losses in the Great War.^[25]
• Buffalo Statue and Lawn, Gilwell Park, Epping Forest, London - commemorates the Unknown Scout who helped spread Scouting to the United States
• Bust of Robert Baden-Powell, Gilwell Park
• The Ideal Scout, Gilwell Park - a copy of the original statue in Philadelphia
• Baden-Powell House, London, having a museum and granite statue of Baden-Powell by sculptor Don Cooper

[edit] North America

[edit] Canada

• 8th World Scout Jamboree, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario - 50th Anniversary Plaque
• "Szare Szeregi" Monument in Berry's Bay, Canada
• Ernest Thompson Seton Park, Toronto, Ontario
• Historic Plaque, Lindsay, Ontario
• The Seton Centre, Carberry, Manitoba
• Seton Bridge, Spruce Woods Provincial Park, Manitoba
• Historic Plaque and Seton Woodland Park, on the Trans-Canada Highway (east of Carberry, Manitoba)
• Seton Coulee, near Runnymede, Saskatchewan 51.5° N 101.7° W
• The Ernest Thompson Seton Medal - awarded annually by the Manitoba Naturalists Society External link
• The Baden-Powell Trail in North Vancouver, British Columbia.

[edit] Mexico

• None reported

[edit] United States

Scouting

• Boy Scout Memorial in President's Park, 15^th Street and Constitution Ave NW, Washington, D.C. 38.8937° N 77.0344° W
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  Boy Scout Memorial in President's Park.
• The Ideal Scout, a statue outside the Cradle of Liberty Council headquarters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Each local council office and the BSA Headquarters in Irving, Texas also have copies.

Founders

• Robert Baden-Powell
  • Mount Baden-Powell 34°21′31″N 117°45′52″W / 34.358612, -117.764504 (Mount Baden-Powell)^[26]
  • Baden-Powell Elementary School,Anaheim,California
• Daniel Carter Beard
  • Daniel Carter Beard Bridge 39.1006° N 84.4945° W
  • Beard Statue in Covington, Kentucky
    • Kentucky Historical Marker 39°05′20″N 84°30′24″W / 39.0888, -84.5066 (Kentucky Historical Marker)^[27]
    • The Daniel Carter Beard Boyhood Home is a National Historic Landmark.^[28]
  • Daniel Carter Beard Memorial Square, New York City 40°45′50″N 73°49′42″W / 40.7638, -73.8283 (Daniel Carter Beard Memorial Square)^[29]
  • Daniel Carter Beard School, New York City 40.7638° N 73.8283° W
  • Beard gravesite, Brick Church Cemetery aka Reformed Church Cemetery, New Hempstead, New York, 41.1392° N 74.0647° W
  • Mt. Beard, a peak near Mt. McKinley in Alaska was named in Beard’s honor.
• William D. Boyce
  

  

  Boyce gravesite
  • Boyce gravesite, Ottawa Avenue Cemetery, Ottawa, Illinois 41.336944° N 88.866389° W^[30]
    

    

    Daniel C. Beard Boyhood Home
• Frederick Russell Burnham
  • Mount Burnham 34°13′N 117°28′W / 34.22, -117.47 (Mount Burnham)^[31]
  • Burnham gravesite, Three Rivers Cemetery, Three Rivers, California 36°16′17″N 118°31′52″W / 36.2715, -118.5311 (Burnham gravesite)^[32]
• William "Green Bar Bill" Hillcourt
  • Hillcourt grave - buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery (Row 8, Block I) in Mendham, New Jersey (near Schiff Scout Reservation). 40.7755° N 74.6024° W
• Ernest Thompson Seton
  • Seton Memorial Library and Museum
  • Seton Village, New Mexico. Registered National Historic Landmark and a New Mexico State Cultural Property 35.5989° N 105.9331° W
  • (The Ernest Thompson Seton Award - Campfire Girls of America
• James E. West
  • West gravesite, (1876-1948) first Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America- [Section 187, Lot 14037, (Computer Number 15669], Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York
• Troops

See Oldest Scout Groups

• • First Boy Scout Troop in the United States in Burnside, Kentucky
  • First Boy Scout Troop in the United States in Pawhuska, Oklahoma
  • The last major promotional activity of the transcontinental Lincoln Highway took place on September 1, 1928, when at 1:00 p.m. groups of Boy Scouts placed approximately 2,400 concrete markers along the route to officially mark and dedicate it to the memory of Abraham Lincoln.^[33] The markers were placed on the outer edge of the right of way at major and minor crossroads, and at reassuring intervals along uninterrupted segments. Each concrete post carried the Lincoln Highway insignia and directional arrow, and a bronze medallion with Lincoln's bust and stating "This Highway Dedicated to Abraham Lincoln."
• Others
  • Jamboree Road in Newport Beach, California, Site of the 1953 Jamboree
  • Four Chaplains memorial
  • The Memorial Mall at Camp Tuckahoe -Dedicated to members of the "Council Eternal" (a Scout or Scouter who has died). 40.0981° N 77.0954° W^[34]
    • Chapel at the top of the mall was dedicated in memory of Rabbi Goode, one of the Four Chaplains from the USAT Dorchester.^[35]

• • Scouts Memorial, Whitman, Massachusetts^[36]

[edit] Oceania

[edit] Australia

• None reported

[edit] Central and South America

[edit] Brazil

• A statue honoring Baden-Powell, inscribed "Founder of Scouting", is located in a park in the Gloria section of central Rio de Janeiro.

[edit] Venezuela

• A Full Torso Statue it's located in Bello Campo, Municipio Chacao, Estado Miranda, Caracas, Venezuela.

[edit] Film tributes

• Ernest Thompson Seton, Keeper of the Wild (1974) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
• Seton's Manitoba (1984) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

[edit] See also

• Scouting museums
• Scouting memorabilia collecting

[edit] External links

• William Boyce grave

[edit] References

1. ^ Chief Scout Of The World geocache (GCM40K)
2. ^ Baden Powell, Robert (1938). Birds and Beasts in Africa. MacMillan and Co, LTD. Retrieved on 03/19, 2007.
3. ^ Paxtu: Baden-Powell's Home at Nyeri, Kenya. ScoutWeb South Africa (1965). Retrieved on 03/19, 2007.
4. ^ Österreichisches Pfadfindermuseum (Austrian Scout Museum) (April 2000). "ÖPM Seminar Skriptum 7.Jamboree 1951" (doc).
5. ^ Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs (21 July 2001). "reunion" (in German/English). b.open daily official campnews national jamboree 2001 (6): 8. 
6. ^ ^{a b c} Pfadfinder-Gilde Europa-Forum Großarl (2004). "Der Europatisch, Der Himmelsknoten,Der Pfadfindergruß" (in German). Auf den Spuren der Gilde-Pfadfinder in Großarl: 3–5. 
7. ^ Albert J.Dräger; Kurt Pribich,Karl Turetschek (2005). "Neulengbach-Versuchswerkstätte für Österreichs Pfadfinderschaft-Von den begründenden Anfängen 1915 bis zum ersten deutschen Pfadfindertag auf Schloß Prunn" (in German). SCOUTING-Unabhängige Zeitschrift für Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder 4/2005: 11–14. 
8. ^ Brandstätter, Ewald (October 2007). "Neunkirchen hat eine Pfadfinderwiese" (in German). Der Gildenweg 3/2007: 29. 
9. ^ Merzl, Ewald (2007). PfadfinderInnen 1938 Mitgelaufen?Angepasst?Verfolgt? (in German). Vienna: Alwa&Deil, 26. 
10. ^ ^{a b c d} Winter, Gerhard (September 2007). "Flohmarkt-Pfadfinderweg" (in German). ÖPBSG Nachrichten: 9. 
11. ^ Pfadfindergilde Johann Petrak (October 2007). "Johann-Petrak-Gasse" (in German). Der Gildenweg 3/2007: 24. 
12. ^ Pfadfinder-Gilde Österreichs. "Unsere Organisation" (in German). Pfadfinder-Gilde Österreichs Einmal Pfadfinder-immer Pfadfinder!: 7. 
13. ^ Pfadfindergilde Ulmerfeld-Hausmening-Neufurth (October 2007). "Ulmerfeld" (in German). Der Gildenweg 3/2007: 33. 
14. ^ Pfadfindergilde Ulmerfeld-Hausmening-Neufurth (Juni 2007). "Ulmerfeld-Hausmening-Neufurth" (in German). Der Gildenweg 2/2007: 15. 
15. ^ "Jahrespreise "Gilde-aktiv" für 2006 vergeben-Ein Griff ins Volle" (in German) (December 2007). Der Gildenweg 4/2007: 8. 
16. ^ Das Grab von Karl "Kara" Barteis (German). Retrieved on 2007-12-28.
17. ^ Fördervereins St. Georg für Pfadfinder- und Jugendgruppen in Europa. 2: Chronik des Vereins im Überblick (German). Retrieved on 2007-12-28.
18. ^ Fördervereins St. Georg für Pfadfinder- und Jugendgruppen in Europa. 4.2: Waldkapelle bei Lohnsburg (German). Retrieved on 2007-12-28.
19. ^ Georg Ahollinger; Andreas Hänsch (2004). "Pfadfinder errichten Gedenktafel zur Erinnerung an zerstörtes Heim" (in German). SCOUTING - Unabhängige Zeitschrift für Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder 2/2004: 30. 
20. ^ Pfadfinderehrenmal (German). Retrieved on 2007-12-28.
21. ^ Simone Christoph. GOTT zur Ehr´ - Den Menschen zur Einkehr - Zum Dank uns´rem Schöpfer! (German). Retrieved on 2007-12-28.
22. ^ Maria Matthaei (2007). "Ein Kreuz für den Gipfel - Zeichen des Glaubens und des Dienstes" (in German). SCOUTING - Unabhängige Zeitschrift für Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder 4/2007: 43. 
23. ^ "Straßenschild für Baden-Powell" (in German) (2007). SCOUTING-Unabhängige Zeitschrift für Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder 4/2007: 55. 
24. ^ de:Pfadfinderbewegung in Rumänien
25. ^ Nelson Scout memorial
26. ^ Mount Baden-Powell, San Gabriel Mountains
27. ^ Kentucky Historical Marker Number: 50 Location: 322 East Third Street, Covington, Kenton County, Description: Boyhood home of "Uncle Dan," youth leader, outdoorsman, artist and author. Born in Cincinnati and later came to Covington to live. Inaugurated Boy Scout movement in America, 1905, and was one of the first National Commissioners of the Boy Scouts of America. He was awarded the first medal for outstanding citizenship of state of Kentucky.
28. ^ National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL)
29. ^ DANIEL CARTER BEARD MALL - Historical Sign
30. ^ http://ottawaavenuecemetery.com
31. ^ HPS Summit Signatures - Mount Burnham
32. ^ 8-27-04features.htm
33. ^ Greetings from the Lincoln Highway by Brian Butko (Stackpole Books, 2005) notes the exact number concrete markers, tallied by researcher Russell Rein from Gael Hoag's log, as 2,437 posts (p. 24-25).
34. ^ Memorial Mall
35. ^ http://www.yaac-bsa.org/camping/tuckahoe/camp%20tour/chapels.htm
36. ^ Town of Whitman - Civic Groups