Since the birth and expansion of the Scout movement in the first decade of the 20th century, many Scouting memorials, monuments and gravesites have been erected throughout the world.
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.[4]
Japan
This statue in Yokohama is a memorial to the Unknown Scout Soldier, representing a true story during a fierce battle in Okinawa during World War II. The inscription on the memorial reads as follows "This statue is a memorial of a true story of a fierce battle in World War II, which happened on an island in the South Pacific Ocean somewhere. An American soldier was seriously wounded, and he was lying where he had fallen. The sound of gunfire stopped, and the surroundings quieted down. He heard someone's footsteps approaching him. A Japanese soldier who had a gun with a bayonet was standing over him when he opened his eyes. He thought that he was going to be killed by the Japanese soldier, and he fainted. After a while, he woke up. He found a white slip of paper on the sand by his side, and he put it in his pocket. He was carried on a stretcher to the field operations aid station soon after that. When he was put on the operating table, he remembered the slip of paper in his pocket, and gave it to the doctor. It was a message from the Japanese soldier, and was as follows: "When I was about to kill you, you made the three fingered Scout salute. I am a Scout. A Scout is a brother. Therefore, I could not kill any person who lost the fighting spirit. I tended to your wound. Good luck!" After the war, the American soldier and his father visited the Boy Scout headquarters in the United States, and told this story. They donated money for the Boy Scouts to put up a monument to the Scouting Spirit. In 1952, Mr. Finnel came to inspect the Boy Scout movement of Japan from the headquarters in the United States and passed on this true story as a fine anecdote from during the war. The American soldier's name is not known. The Japanese soldier was killed. This monument is to the Unknown Scout Soldier. This is an example of the Scout Spirit of Japan."[5]
Tacloban – Statue of a Boy Scout giving the Scout sign, at the middle of a street intersection. Reputed to be the first Boy Scout monument in the Philippines.[7]
Manila – The Boy Scout Cenotaph at the entrance of Manila North Cemetery, also in memory of the ill-fated 11th World Scout Jamboree contingent. It contains marble plaques donated by various Scout organizations from around the world. The cenotaph features a giant concrete hand giving the Scout Sign, with a cross in the middle.
Signal Day on 18 October observed annually in Tolosa, Leyte.
Street in La Loma, Quezon City, named after Scout Oscar M. Alcaraz.
Monument to Oscar M. Alcaraz at Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. High School, Mayon Avenue, La Loma, Quezon City.
Name of McCormick-Gepigon Sulu Council, Boy Scouts of the Philippines, named after Scouter Scott McCormick and Scout Cesar Gepigon who were killed on 25 December 1941 in Jolo by invading Japanese.
10th World Scout Jamboree memorial, Philippine Scouting Center, University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Laguna.
1st Asia-Pacific Scout Jamboree marker, Philippine Scouting Center, University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Laguna.
Austria
Lower Austria
Saint George Chapel in Berndorf (German: Georgskapelle), erected by the Scout Group and Old Scout Guild of Berndorf, inaugurated on 19 October 1983.[8][9]
Commemorative plaque in Neulengbach, commemorating the first Scoutcamps of Austria in Neulengbach during World War I[10][11]
Commemorative stone in Klosterneuburg, Buchberg, commemorating the National Jamboree in 1991[13]
Commemorative plaque in Neunkirchen, commemorating 100 years of Scouting on a place named Pfadfinderwiese[14]
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[15][16][17]
"Boy Scouts Street" (German: Pfadfinderweg) in Gloggnitz[18]
"Boy Scouts Street" (German: Pfadfinderweg) in Amstetten
Commemorative stone in Gloggnitz, commemorating Johannes Österreicher. Johannes Österreicher founded the Scout group in Gloggnitz in 1928 and served as chaplain of this Catholic Scout group. The Commemorative stone was erected in June 2008 by the local Guild Scouts.[19]
Franz Renner Bridge(German: Franz Renner-Brücke) in the Scout Campsite in the Urltal, commemorating Franz Renner longtime Group Scoutmaster of Waidhofen an der Ybbs.[20]
Gravesite of Clemens Röbl OFM, Bruck an der Glocknerstraße Clemens Röbl was an important Scoutmaster for Catholic Scouting in Tyrol and Carinthia.[26]
"Boy Scouts Street" (German: Pfadfinderweg) in Salzburg, a street next to the house where Emmerich Teuber lived
Untersberg, there is a Gipfelkreuz (cross on the summit of a mountain), called Roverkreuz (Rover cross), erected in 1962. The cross was made by the Scout group Salzburg 6 Maxglan.[27] In 2012 a commemorative plaque for Schurli Sturm senior, one of the Scouts from Maxglan was added.[28]
memorial commemorating the founder of the Scout group of the city Franz Schragen. The memorial was erected in 1978.[30]
Limberg bei Wies, Commemorative plaque in the yard of the Castle Limberg, commemorating Josef Dolschek. He was an important Scoutleader in Styria and administrator of the castle.[31]
Straß, Commemorative stone commemorating the first Scouting activities in Austria in 1909[32][33][34]
Tyrol
Innsbruck – a memorial for all deceased scouts of Tyrol, it is located at the Tummelplatz in Amras.[35]
Glotzen (a mountain near Wattens), there is a Gipfelkreuz (cross on the summit of a mountain) made by the Scout group of Wattens, Glotzen, erected in 1958. It shows a Fleur-de-lis.[36][37]
Malgrübler (a mountain in the Voldertal), there is a Gipfelkreuz called Scout cross (German: Pfadfinderkreuz). It was erected in 1957 commemorating the 100th birthday of the Founder from the Scout group of Hall in Tirol.[38][39]
Helm (a mountain in East Tyrol on the border to South Tyrol), there is a Gipfelkreuz erected in 1958, made by Josef Tschurtschenthaler and erected by Scouts from Germany, Italy, Switzerland, France, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands.[40]
Gilfert (a mountain in the Tux Alps), there is a Gipfelkreuz, commemorating the Scout Hermann Scherer from the Scout group Innsbruck 7. He died on the Gilfert through an avalanche in January 1959. The cross was erected in October 1959.[41]
"Boy Scouts Street" (German: Pfadfinderweg) in Freistadt[47]
Boy Scouts Square (German: Pfadfinderplatz) in Enns.[48]
Vienna
Commemorative plaque in Vienna, Apostelgasse 9, commemorating one of the first Austrian Scout troops[49][50]
Commemorative stone in Vienna, Rathauspark commemorating 10th World Conference of ISGF in 1973.[51]
Commemorative plaque in Vienna, Kahlenbergdörfl commemorating all deceased Austrian Scouts and Girl Guides[52]
Commemorative plaque in Vienna, Laxenburger Straße 111, commemorating one of the first Austrian Scout troops, founded in 1911 by the Hungarian priest Köhler.[53]
Gravesite of Emmerich Teuber and Wilhelm Teuber-Weckersdorf, Dornbacher Friedhof, Gruppe III, Grave Number 9, Vienna[54][55][56][57]
Gravesite of the Scoutmaster Karl Ludwig "Karolus" Slonek, Zentralfriedhof, Gate III, Gruppe VIII, Reihe 4, Grave Number 19[58]
Gravesite of the Karl "Dadi" Prohazka und Helene "Lona" Prohazka, Karl "Dadi" Prohazka served as Chief Scout of the Österreichischer Pfadfinderbund 1950–1982 and Honorary Chief Scout 1982–1990, Chair of the Österreichischer Jugendherbergenverband 1946–1976 he joined Scouting in 1914, his wife Lona served as a Cub Leader and International Commissioner of the Bund Österreichischer Pfadfinderinnen 1948–1950, Sieveringer Friedhof, Abteilung II, Gruppe 10, Grave Number 29[59]
Johann-Petrak-Street (German: Johann-Petrak-Gasse), Vienna,[60] Johann Petrak 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-Square (German: Baden-Powell-Platz), in a park in the 22nd district of Vienna.[61][62][63]
Roman Köhler Bridge (German: Roman-Köhler-Steg), Handelskai near the Hilton Hotel, commemorating the teacher and Scoutmaster Roman Köhler, he served as a Scoutmaster from 1930 to 1968 and also volunteered in several jobs on regional and national level within Vienesse and Austrian Scouting.[64]
Czech Republic
Ivančena stone mound
The stone mound at Ivančena on Lysá hora was founded in 1946 as a memorial to a group of Scouts who were executed in April 1945 in Cieszyn, Poland, for their part in anti-Nazi resistance. It is continuously being expanded: visitors contribute rocks from all parts of the world.[65][66]
Denmark
A plaquette on the former building of Gammel Hellerup Gymnasium – the school where the first scout patrol was formed.
Simmern, a memorial for all Scouts killed in action during the World Wars and all Scouts killed by the Nazis.[68]
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[69][70]
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 in the First World War and includes today the archive of German Youth Movement.
Munich, a Commemorative plaque for the first German Scout Group the 1.Münchner Pfadfinderzug in the Oskar-von-Miller-Gymnasium.[71]
Untergriesbach, Quarter Gottsdorf, Gravesite of Franz Paul Wimmer. Wimmer was one of the first Scoutleaders in Germany. A Commemorative plaque was erected in 2009.[73]
Frankfurt am Main, a street is named "Boy Scouts Street" (German: Pfadfinderweg).
Frohnau, Berlin, a street is named "Boy Scouts Street" (German: Pfadfinderweg).[74]
Hessisch Lichtenau, a street is named Next to the Scout House(German: Am Pfadfinderhaus).[75]
Wolfsburg, Quarter Kästorf, a street is named "Boy Scouts Street" (German: Pfadfinderweg).
Pforzheim, Herz-Jesu-Kirche, memorial for the German Catholic Scoutmaster Fred Joseph, who was killed in Auschwitz[76]
The scout grave („Pfadfindergrab“) is the memorial place provided with a stone cross and inaugurated on 21 June 1931 of an accident in the early morning of 22 June 1930 on the ‘‘Liedberg‘‘ in Korschenbroich.[77]
Ják – Ancient Roman column, commemorating the event, when 1500 scouts renewed their oath in 1930, celebrating the 10th year of the Szombathely Scout District.[80]
Ireland
A plaque sits at the location on Dame Street in Dublin City where Richard Fortune held the first Scout meeting in Ireland at this home.
Commemorative plaque in Trieste commemorating the See-Skaut-Schule/Scouti marini di Trieste (Sea Scouts School) 1915–1918. It was erected in 2009 by Austrian and Italian Scouts.[82]
Messina, Sicily on the Via Dina e Clarenza across from the Santuario della Madonna de Montalto. It was dedicated in 2009 to Scouts in Messina.
Villa comunale "Baden-Powell " (Italian: Villa B.Powell), Alcamo.[83]
The International Scouting One Penny Monument, Wiltz, Luxembourg
Wiltz – The "International Scouting One Penny Monument"
Erected on 28 May 1982, offered by the Scouts of Wiltz with the help of Scouts and Guides of the world, in honour of Lord Robert Baden-Powell 1857–1941 Founder of the Scout Movement.
The sculpture of the Roman travertine is 3.5 meters high with a base approximately 11 tons and was made by the sculptor Lucien Wercollier from Luxembourg.
Scouts who visited Wiltz each donated 1 penny. This paid for the monument and so it got its name.
One World Garden, Hylands Park, Chelmsford. Built as thanks for the use of Hylands Park during the 21st World Scout Jamboree 2007.
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.[85]
Plaque in grounds of Richmond Castle, North Yorkshire, commemorating the period from 1908 to 1910 during which Baden-Powell lived in the barracks that formerly stood on site.
Plaque on a stone plinth in the quiet rose gardens at Paddington Recreation Ground, London (near Maida Vale underground station) commemorating Boy Scouts from the Paddington & St Marylebone District (now part of Westminster Scout District) who died during World War II.[86] Yearly memorial and wreath laying ceremony held on Remembrance Day (11 November) at 2:30 pm by Westminster District Scouts.
Burnham-Arizona Boy Scouts dedication monument, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona. This monument was created for the dedicated of the refuge on 23 March 1941. Major Burnham and the Arizona boy scouts attended the dedication ceremony; Burnham gave the dedication speech.[105][106]
At Gilwell Park, Gembrook, Victoria the De Molnar Memorial Hall was opened 26 January 1964.
The building commemorates the former International Commissioner and Deputy Camp Chief of Hungary and Chairman of Melbourne Scout District Fritz de Molnar.[110]
A statue honoring Baden-Powell, inscribed "Founder of Scouting", is located in a park in the Gloria section of central Rio de Janeiro.
A statue on the Praia do Flamengo in Rio de Janeiro was given to the youth of Brazil by the youth of Chile for their aid in the 1923 earthquake. A stamp honoring the statue was issued in 1954.[111]
El Salvador
A monument (with bust) to Baden-Powell is located in San Salvador, El Salvador.[112]
Venezuela
A full torso statue is located in Bello Campo, Municipio Chacao, Estado Miranda, Caracas, Venezuela.
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"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