THE Scout Movement was founded in 1907 by Robert Baden-Powell, the 'Hero of Mafeking'. Its early success was meteoric and today, having celebrated our Centenary, the Scout Movement continues to grow. It has long been world's biggest youth movement with 30 million members, boys and girls, young men and women and adult leaders and administrators world-wide. Scouting Milestones attempts to chart the beginnings of the Movement from its early days, list its achievements - both individual and collective - and the personalities who made Scouting the world's most significant youth movement today.
Our aim is to present the results of original research, from both primary and secondary resources. To show, in a clearly presented way, cross referenced, and utilising, wherever possible, previously unpublished photographs and illustrations, the depth and richness of our heritage in the hope it will help to inspire and provide a for a vigorous future.
This Website is dedicated to the Scouts of the World and to all who have a interest in the founding, growth and the continuing evolution of Scouting.
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Scouting Milestones receives no financial assistance and is independent of any Scout Association. We do not recieve or require such and do ask for financial support from our readers. Whilst designed soley for the purpose of bringing our Scout History freely to the Scouts of the World, using the medium of the World Wide Web. The author has published books and potcards which do have a cost and are now listed for sale on the site. As they can only be obtained via the author, they are provided with a 'Pay Now' button. We trust that this will be seen as a further service to our readers.
The views expressed in our articles are the result of extensive and thorough research and are those of the writers. The views expressed on our VISITORS PAGE or on our FORUM are clearly those of our contributors and are NOT indicative either of the personal opions of those connected with Scouting Miletones or the official view of any organisation that the contrubutor may claim to belong or represent.
As part of its continuing development, Scouting Milestones welcomes contributions from all sources, whether as emails commenting on, or adding to existing Pages, or as comments the FORUM or Visitors Book Pages. Whilst we will attempt to include all such contributions un-cut, we reserve the right not to publish, to edit, amend, or add to any illustrations or images submitted. The Scout Law is the law of this Site! If you have something the Scouting World ought to know, about any part of its history, one of the world's leading Wesites on the history of Scouting awaits your contribution.
