Portal:Scouting/Did you know... archive/2006
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PERIOD ENDING - FACT
- Feb 01, 2006 - ...that Eagle Scout is also the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of the Philippines, not only the Boy Scouts of America?
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- Note: this was our first one, placed in the portal when the portal was created on Jan 28, 2006.
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- Feb 28, 2006 - ...that King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden attended the 1981 National Jamboree at Fort A. P. Hill, Virginia, USA?
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- Mar 31, 2006 - ...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?
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- Apr 30, 2006 - ...that "Knight Scout" is the Danish equivalent of BSA's Eagle Scout rank?
...that Dr. László Nagy was the Chief Executive of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1968-1985 and that he was a Swiss citizen of Hungarian origin?
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- May 31, 2006 - ...Mury was a clandestine Girl Scouts group organized by young Polish women; political prisoners in the concentration camp in Ravensbrück?
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- Jun 30, 2006 - ...that the Mafeking Cadet Corps, volunteer boy cadets in the Siege of Mafeking, are sometimes seen as the forerunners of the Scouts, and were depicted on one of the only British stamps not to depict the monarch?
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- Jul 31, 2006 - ...that Yang Huimin (traditional Chinese: 楊惠敏; simplified Chinese: 杨惠敏) was a Girl Guide during the battle of Shanghai who supplied a Republic of China flag and brought supplies to besieged defenders of the Sihang Warehouse. Her actions proved inspiring to the defenders, who flew the flag the next daybreak in front of thousands of watching eyes across the bank of the Suzhou Creek.
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- Aug 31, 2006 - ...that William Alexander Smith (October 27, 1854 - May 10, 1914) was born in Thurso, Scotland. At age 19 he joined the church and also became a Lance Corporal in the 1st Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers, later advancing to the rank of Lieutenant and becoming a Sunday School teacher. It was a combination of these two activities that led him to start the Boys' Brigade on October 4th 1883 at Free Church Mission Hall, North Woodside Road, Glasgow. In 1909 he was knighted by King Edward VII for his service to Boys. He died on May 10th 1914 and was buried in Glasgow. There is a memorial stone to him in St. Paul's Cathedral.
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- Sep 30, 2006 - ...that the history of Gilwell Park can be traced all the way back to 1407 and that there is a 1000+ year old Buddha there?
...that Bhumibol Adulyadej, the longest reigning king in Thai history, was awarded the Bronze Wolf in 2006?
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- Oct 31, 2006 - ...that Olave Baden-Powell is one of only two people who were awarded a gold-colored Silver Fish award?
...that the Internationale Musische Werkstatt (International Creative Workshop, IMWe) is run by the Verband Christlicher Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder (VCP)?
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- Nov 30, 2006 - ...that Piet J. Kroonenberg took part in the events of A Bridge Too Far?
...that Edgar Cunningham is believed to be the first African-American Eagle Scout?
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- Dec 31, 2006 - ...The Valley Forge Pilgrimage is the oldest annual Scouting event in the United States. It was first held on February 22, 1913 (George Washington's 181st birthday), and has been held every year since.
...The Wiltz International Scout Centre is situated in Wiltz, in north-western Luxembourg. During the camping season, it hosts 80,000 Scouts a year from all over the world.
