Re: 1904 worlds fair & scouts ????
Ian N Ford (ianford@DIRCON.CO.UK)
Thu, 16 Nov 1995 01:12:22 +0000
Sorry to disagree with Kathy BUT ...
B-P published " Scouting for Boys " in January 1908. The first experimental
camp at Brownsea Island was held in the Summer of 1907. Boy Scouts did
not exist in 1904. There <were> other youth groups including those being
developed by Seaton and Beard , but they were not " Boy Scouts "
In UK the Boys' Brigade was formed at the turn of the century, and B-P
worked with Wm Smith to develop an outdoor program for the Brigade, but I
doubt that was as early as 1904.
Read " Baden-Powell " by Tim Jeal Hutchinson, London 1989 for further
details.
Ian Ford
District Committee Member
Channel District / Transatlantic Council BSA
London UK
I used to be a Beaver ...
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