History of Scouting Scout - Life of Baden-Powell 
THE FOUNDER: Robert Stephenson Smyth Lord Baden-Powell was born London, England, on February 22, 1857. He was the son of HG Baden Powell, a professor at Oxford. His mother was the daughter of Admiral Smyth WT and granddaughter of Joseph Short, explorer of America. Baden Powell was, therefore, the descendant of a religious one hand and a colonizing the New World adventurer, on the other.
BP as a child: When Baden Powell was only three years, his father died, leaving his mother with seven children, the oldest under fourteen years of age, often suffered hardships, but the mutual love of mother for their children and the mother, always got on. Roberto always lived a charmed life outdoors in the company his four brothers, hiking and camping with them in many parts of England.
At thirteen years studying under scholarship at the Charterhouse School in London. There is a distinguished student and his teachers discovered his knack for "falling asleep in class." It is a good companion and is what brings more and better efforts to "gang." The most common sites for their games are the forests that are near the school.
Fighting in Africa: In 1877 enters the army, without going through the Academy, with its good review. It is intended to Bombay as a second lieutenant of Battalion 13 Hussars. His new destinations to the front of the Battalion are Afghanistan and South Africa.
At age 26 he was promoted to captain showing great explorer and expert on the secrets of nature, thanks to this write two books for the army "for the instruction manual of chivalry" and "Recognition and Exploration."
Between 1887 and 1889, engaging in war, whose experiences will be the mothers of the ideas that will later be the Scout Movement.
spoke against the Zulus, the fierce tribes of Ashanti and the savage Matabele warriors. The natives came to fear so much that, for your courage, your scout skills and his uncanny ability to stalk, gave the name "Impeesa" which means "the wolf that never sleeps."
In 1889
given command of 5 of garrison Merut Dragons (India). Serving on this task is writing a book entitled "Guide to explore" (Aids to Scouting).
Their promotion in the military were almost automatic, as scheduled, until, suddenly rose to fame.
was in 1899, when he had obtained the rank of colonel.
difficulties were piling up in South Africa. A Baden Powell was ordered to go to Mafeking, a town in the heart of South Africa. "He who has Mafeking, holds the reins of South Africa," he said among the natives, and such proved to be true.
The siege of Mafeking 
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war broke out, and after 217 days, BP said Mafeking, resisting the siege against much larger forces until his reinforcements arrived. In this period he was forced to seek and trust services to the youth of Mafeking and they responded heroically to the point of endangering his life. The accounts of the siege
come to London and Banden Powell is promoted to the rank of General Staff and a hero of the Empire.
born Scouting
In 1901 in England realizes that his book "Guide to explore" is used as a reading book at school and what is more, the leaders of the Catholic Youth Brigades, middle and use it as an educational tool for young people.
Banden Powell discovers that he can help the youth and education systems studied, developed slowly and carefully the idea of \u200b\u200bScouting. Wanted to be sure would work. So in the summer of 1907 brought with him a group of twenty boys to Brownsea Island, in the Channel, the first Scout Camp the world watched.
The camp was a great success.
"Scouting for Boys" And then in the first months of 1908, published in four installments biweekly its Training Manual: "Scouting for Boys", not even dream that this book would be the engine that set in motion a system that was to affect the boys in the world. Scouting for Boys
had not finished yet appear on the shelves of bookstores and newsstands, when they had begun to form patrols and troops of Scouts, not only in England but also in other countries.
The second life of BP The Movement grew and grew, by 1910 had reached such proportions that BP realized that Scouting was to be his work. Had vision and faith to recognize that he could do more for his country by educating the emerging generation, for its components to become good citizens, to train men to become good soldiers.
And therefore, resigned from the army where they already held the rank of Lieutenant General and embarked on his "second life" as he called it-his life of service to the world through Scouting.
picked up his prize in the growth of Scouting and love and respect that you had all the boys around the globe. World Brotherhood
In 1912 he traveled around the world to meet Scouts from many countries. They were the beginning of World Brotherhood. World War came and stopped for a while this job, but at the end of hostilities were resumed in 1920 the Scouts around the world gathered in London in the first international meeting, the first "World Jamboree."
The last night of the Jamboree, Aug. 6, BP was proclaimed World Chief Scout by an enthusiastic crowd of boys.
Scouting continued to grow. The day he turned twenty-first anniversary, that is, when he won his "majority", its members had reached the figure of two million, distributed in almost all civilized nations of the world.
The first World Jamboree was followed by others: in 1924 in Denmark, in 1929 in England, in 1933 in Hungary, in 1937 in the Netherlands. In each of these Jamborees, Baden Powell was the central figure, greeted boisterously by "his guys" wherever they saw it.
But Jamborees are only part of the effort to establish the World Scout Brotherhood. BP traveled incessantly in support of Scouting, maintained correspondence with his superiors in many countries and continued to write on topics scouts.
BP's last years When finally reaching the age of 80, his forces began to decline. He returned to his beloved Africa with his wife, Lady Baden Powell, who had been his partner in all his efforts and who also was the Head of Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) Movement also created by Baden Powell.
were established in Kenya in a quiet place with a beautiful view of miles of forest leading to snow-capped mountains. BP There
died on January 8, 1941, a little over a month before his eighty-four years.
In Nyeri, near Kenya, is a simple grave with these details:
"Robert Baden-Powell
Born February 22, 1857
Died January 8, 1941."
And under the sign of this epitaph runway end, as a signature of a mission accomplished for the new youth around the world.
Community Troop and show everyone because the 290 is the best group! so since we got started singing with all our strength, people began to turn around and wonder who are these guys who are so willing spirit, and we only answered PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS laughs and sings!! (thank goodness we were not grunts) . 
A good breakfast sponsored by walkers and then follow the wait for the parade was eternal but worth it, the 290 is still lacking pike a good number of scouts. After the parade we stopped in the middle of the runway and began our songs, 
