Sir R. Baden - Powell Celebrating 100 Years - A Year of Celebration

Sir R. Baden - Powell Celebrating 100 Years - A Year of Celebration. Public Domain ClipArt Stock Photos and Images. For 100 years, the Boy Scouts of America has created a foundation of leadership, service, and community for millions of America's youth. Through A Year of Celebration, A Century of Making a Difference, we will demonstrate the impact of a century of living the Scout Law.

A Year of Celebration takes place from September 1, 2009 through December 31, 2010. The program is open to all Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venturers, adult leaders, and Scouting alumni.

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell also known as B-P or Lord Baden-Powell, was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, and founder of the Scout Movement.

The first book on the Scout Movement, Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys was published in six instalments in 1908, and has sold approximately 150 million copies as the fourth bestselling book of the 20th century.

In 1910 Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell decided to retire from the Army reputedly on the advice of King Edward VII, who suggested that he could better serve his country by promoting Scouting.

In his final letter to the Scouts, Baden-Powell wrote:

...I have had a most happy life and I want each one of you to have a happy life too. I believe that God put us in this jolly world to be happy and enjoy life. Happiness does not come from being rich, nor merely being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy, so that you can be useful and so you can enjoy life when you are a man. Nature study will show you how full of beautiful and wonderful things God has made the world for you to enjoy. Be contented with what you have got and make the best of it. Look on the bright side of things instead of the gloomy one. But the real way to get happiness is by giving out happiness to other people. Try and leave this world a little better than you found it and when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate you have not wasted your time but have done your best. 'Be Prepared' in this way, to live happy and to die happy — stick to your Scout Promise always — even after you have ceased to be a boy — and God help you to do it

Title: Sir R. Baden - Powell. Creator(s): Bain News Service, publisher. Date Created/Published: [no date recorded on caption card] Medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ggbain-39190 (digital file from original negative)

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Notes: * Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. * Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). * General information about the Bain Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain * Temp. note: Batch eight loaded.

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Date Created / Published: c1919. J236925 U.S. Copyright Office.

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