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Kenya has declared Baden-Powell's grave a national monument. [13] The nation's largest newspaper, the Daily Nation, has called the Scouting founder's final resting place "one of the most revered shrines and pilgrimage sites in the world", [14] [12] with as many as 50,000 people visiting the site each year. [13]
Baden-Powell grave – Wajee Nature Park, Nyeri, Kenya, near Mount Kenya. His gravestone bears a circle with a dot in the center, which is the Boy Scout trail sign for "I have gone home": 0°25′08″S 36°57′01″E / 0.41878°S 36.95022°E / -0.41878; 36.95022 ( Baden-Powell
Lord and Lady Baden-Powell lived there until his death there on 8 January 1941 and are buried at Nyeri. His gravestone bears a circle with a dot in the center, which is the trail sign for "I have gone home": Lady Baden-Powell moved back to England after his death, but is buried beside Lord Baden-Powell.
Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB, KStJ, DL (/ ˈ b eɪ d ən ˈ p oʊ əl / BAY-dən POH-əl; [3] 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder of The Boy Scouts Association and its first Chief Scout, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of The Girl Guides Association.
Here are the burial locations of some of the most infamous American outlaws and gangsters so you can create your own macabre cemetery tour. Wikimedia Commons Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson
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Commemorative stone marking the site of the first Scout encampment at Brownsea Island, England, held Aug 1-9, 1907 by Robert Baden-Powell Image 33 Wood Badge beads and neckerchief. Wood Badge is the premier Boy Scout adult leader training course.