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Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth social movement employing the Scout method. It is a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking, and sports. Another widely recognized movement characteristic is the Scout uniform, by intent hiding all differences of social standing in a country and encouraging equality, with neckerchief and campaign hat or comparable headwear. Distinctive uniform insignia include the fleur-de-lis and the trefoil, as well as merit badges and other patches.

In 1907, Robert Baden-Powell, a lieutenant general in the British Army held a Scouting encampment on Brownsea Island in England. Baden-Powell wrote Scouting for Boys (London, 1908), partly based on his earlier military books. The Scout Movement of both Boy Scouts and Girl Guides (renamed to Girl Scouts in some countries) was well established in the first decade of the twentieth century. Later, programs for younger children, such as Wolf Cubs (1916), now Cubs, and for older adolescents, such as Rovers (1918), were adopted by some Scout organizations. In 1910, Baden-Powell formed the Girl Guides, for girls in the United Kingdom which spread internationally as Girl Guides and includes age programs of (Brownie Guide, Girl Guide and Girl Scout, Ranger Guide).

In 2007, Scouting and Guiding together had over 38 million members in 216 countries. International umbrella organizations include: World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), for boys-only and co-educational organizations: World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), primarily for girls-only organizations but also accepting co-educational organizations, World Federation of Independent Scouts, World Organization of Independent Scouts, Order of World Scouts, International Union of Guides and Scouts of Europe, and Confederation of European Scouts. (Full article...)

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The Scout Association of Japan (ボーイスカウト日本連盟, Bōi Sukauto Nihon Renmei) is the major Scouting organization of Japan. Starting with boys only, the organization was known as Boy Scouts of Japan from 1922 to 1971, and as Boy Scouts of Nippon from 1971 to 1995, when it became coeducational in all sections, leading to neutral naming. Scouting activity decreased radically during World War II but slowly recovered; membership at the end of May 2017 was 99,779. (Full article...)

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Image 1A happy Cub Scout holds a winning pine car
Image 2Yang Huimin (simplified Chinese: 杨惠敏; traditional Chinese: 楊惠敏) was a Chinese Girl Guide during the battle of Shanghai.
Image 3Wood Badge beads and neckerchief. Wood Badge is the premier Boy Scout adult leader training course. A holder of the Wood Badge is a leader highly trained and dedicated Scout leader.
Image 4Boy Scouts take to the streets in New York City, 1917
Image 5Boy Scouts of America uniform circa 1917-1918
Image 6A Czech Scout camp at 19th World Scout Jamboree 1999
Image 7The Tooth of Time, a landmark at Philmont Scout Ranch
Image 8The 8th Indonesian National Rover Moot - Prambanan Temple-Yogyakarta July 8-17 2003
Image 9Scouting friends from around the world at the 21st World Scout Jamboree, Aug 01, 2007, England
Image 10British Guiana Scout leaders, April 1954
Image 11Scouts camping at the hallowed ground of Scouting, Gilwell Park, England in the summer of 2006
Image 12B-P's footprint
Image 13Girl Scouts in the Central African Republic
Image 14This postage stamp was issued in 1978 to celebrate 50 years of Girl Guiding in the Faroe Isles. This year will mark their 80th anniversary.
Image 15Cub Scouts of Hong Kong at Scout Rally having fun, Nov 2005
Image 16Portuguese Girl Scouts at the 21st World Scout Jamboree, Jul 28, 2007, England
Image 17Sculpture erected in 1982 to commemorate the 1979 Jamboree at Perry Lakes Western Australia and 75 years of Scouts.
Image 18Lovely sunrise at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico
Image 19Preparing the pancakes before the arrival of the children for the evening dinner during the summer camp of the Dutch Student Rover crew Delftsche Zwervers for children in special education. Because pancakes are considered to be a feast meal for children, this is served on the last evening dinner of this camp.
Image 20The first Scout encampment, Aug 1-9, 1907, Brownsea Island
Image 21Mafeking Cadets, one of the many inspirations of the Scouting Movement
Image 22Scouts in Virginia, USA having fun, like Scouts from all over the world do outdoors
Image 23Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. A 5-day Boy Scout Camp on the bank of the Mississippi River was composed of nearly a hundred boys from the Rohwer Center, a few less form the Jerome Center, together with a small troop from the nearby town of Arkansas City.
Image 24Polish Boy Scouts fighting in the Warsaw Uprising
Image 25Baden-Powell grave
Image 26Boy Scouts canoeing on the Blackwater River, Virginia
Image 27American Boy Scouts at summer camp in 2002. In the front row, the first three boys have made Eagle Scout and the 4th is one requirement away.
Image 28Young future U.S. President Eagle Scout Gerald Ford, Mackinac Island, Michigan, August, 1929
Image 29First Gilwell Wood Badge in the Netherlands, July 1923
Image 30Memorial stone on Brownsea Island commemorating the first Scout encampment, Aug 1-9, 1907, Brownsea Island
Image 31Lady Olave Baden-Powell, wife of Lord Baden-Powell and founder of Girl Guides/Scouts
Image 32Commemorative stone marking the site of the first Scout encampment at Brownsea Island, England, held Aug 1-9, 1907 by Robert Baden-Powell
Image 331996 World Rover Moot
Image 34Frederick Russell Burnham one of biggest influences on the founding of Scouting.
Image 35Scout councils (Boy Scouts of America)
Image 36Sioux: Ohiyesa, (pronounced Oh hee' yay suh), February 19, 1858 - January 8, 1939) was a Native American author, physician and reformer. He was active in politics and helped found the Boy Scouts of America.

Did you know

...that Eagle Scout is also the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of the Philippines, not only the Boy Scouts of America?
...that King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden attended the 1981 National Jamboree at Fort A. P. Hill, Virginia, USA?
...that Owasippe Scout Reservation is the oldest continuously operating Boy Scout camp in America?
...Scouting in Germany consists of more than 130 different associations and federations with about 250,000 Scouts and Guides?
...that "Knight Scout" is the Danish equivalent of BSA's Eagle Scout rank?

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Dr. E. Urner Goodman

Edward Urner Goodman (May 15, 1891 – March 13, 1980) was an influential leader in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) movement for much of the twentieth century. Goodman was the national program director from 1931 until 1951, during the organization's formative years of significant growth when the Cub Scouting and Exploring programs were established. He developed the BSA's national training center in the early 1930s and was responsible for publication of the widely read Boy Scout Handbook and other Scouting books, writing the Leaders Handbook used by Scout leaders in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. In the 1950s, Goodman was executive director of Men's Work for the National Council of Churches in New York City and active in church work.

Goodman is best remembered today for having created the Order of the Arrow (OA), a popular and highly successful program of the BSA that continues to honor Scouts for their cheerful service. Since its founding in 1915, the Order of the Arrow has grown to become a nationwide program having thousands of members, which recognizes those Scouts who best exemplify the virtues of cheerful service, camping, and leadership by membership in BSA's honor society. As of 2007, the Order of the Arrow has more than 183,000 members. (Full article...)

Scouting and Guiding in South America
Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Panama¹ Paraguay Peru Suriname Trinidad and Tobago¹ Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies	Aruba¹ / Netherlands Antilles¹ (Netherlands) Falkland Islands / South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK) ² / French Guiana (France)
¹Territories also in or commonly considered to be part of North America and/or Central America. ² Territories also in or commonly considered to be in Antarctica.

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