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Baden-Powell, vintage handbooks, old patches and the stories of long-ago camps. Scouting's past was a favorite subject, and collectors shared their finds.
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The hobby of trading has been a part of Boy Scout tradition for many years. Before patches became the most popular trade item, Scouts attending Jamborees would trade neckerchief slides or even common items representing where their troop was from, like seashells and pine cones.
This amazing 160-page, hardback book is a must have for any Scout, Scout family or Norman Rockwell fan. Authored by Joseph Csatari, official artist of the Boy Scouts of America, and his son Jeff, also a Scout and editor of Boy's Life and Men's Health magazines, the book starts off with a compelling Forward and…
Brownsea Island is the historical location of the very first Scout camp conducted by Robert Baden-Powell in 1907. One of our talented artists, Rachel, is at the Jamboree and was able to do a little time traveling! Here's what she experienced at Jambo's Brownsea Island Camp.
They're everywhere. In the shade. On a small piece of land. In front of tents. Coming in all shapes, sizes and ages, they form groups, sometimes hordes. Furious trading occurs. They are the jamboree patch traders. Many Scouts said they have been given advice or rules for patch trading.
On Monday 8th March various previously classified documents from the 1930' and 1940's were placed in the National Archive. One of these documents concerned the relationship between the Hitler Youth, Scouting and BP. Of course all the media then blew up and started implying that Scouting was hand in hand with the Nazis!
Today we celebrate the birth of Lord Robert Baden Powell, founder of the scouting movement. Thanks to Baden Powells efforts the scouting movement still strives today. So thanks BP, for making helping to shape our youth for tomorrow and deliver the promise of scouting! You can read more about Baden Powell on wikipedia here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Baden-Powell,_1st_Baron_Baden-Powell
