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RE-RELEASED AS A PROXY ON 10/27/23 WITH 2 OF ITS ORIGINAL HITCHHIKERS (WHICH WERE RETURNED TO ME) AFTER THE ORIGINAL TB ITSELF WENT MISSING FROM A CACHE WHERE THEY HAD BEEN PLACED OVER 15 MONTHS AGO. THEY HAD TRAVELED ABOUT 2,350 MILES BEFORE IT DISAPPEARED NEAR BIG FLATS, WISCONSIN!!
This Fleur de lis Trackable is starting its journey with two hitchhikers, one patch "Explore Outdoors" and one patch "Save the Nature", both supportive of the Worldwide Scouting Program.
They were initially set free by Jack Venezia (geojackv)) in Peoria, Arizona, to start their journey to visit the birth place as well as the grave site for the founder of the Scouts, Robert Baden-Powell.
Jack is currently in progress toward Eagle Scout!!
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Lieutenant General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB, KStJ, DL; 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941), was a British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the world-wide Boy Scout Movement, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of the world-wide Girl Guide / Girl Scout Movement. Baden-Powell authored the first editions of the seminal work Scouting for Boys, which was an inspiration for the Scout Movement.
Educated at Charterhouse in Surrey, Baden-Powell served in the British Army from 1876 until 1910 in India and Africa. In 1899, during the Second Boer War in South Africa, Baden-Powell successfully defended the town in the Siege of Mafeking. Several of his military books, written for military reconnaissance and scout training in his African years, were also read by boys. In 1907, he held a demonstration camp, the Brownsea Island Scout camp, which is now seen as the beginning of Scouting. Based on his earlier books, particularly Aids to Scouting, he wrote Scouting for Boys, published in 1908 by Sir Arthur Pearson, for boy readership. In 1910 Baden-Powell retired from the army and formed The Boy Scouts Association.
The first Scout Rally was held at The Crystal Palace in 1909, at which appeared a number of girls in Scout uniform, who told Baden-Powell that they were the "Girl Scouts", following which, in 1910, Baden-Powell and his sister Agnes Baden-Powell started the Girl Guides Movement. In 1912 he married Olave St Clair Soames. He gave guidance to the Scouting and Girl Guiding Movements until retiring in 1937. Baden-Powell lived his last years in Nyeri, Kenya, where he died and was buried in 1941. His grave is now a National Monument.
More can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Baden-Powell,_1st_Baron_Baden-Powell
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The fleur-de-lis is the main element in the logo of most Scouting organizations. The symbol was first used by Sir Robert Baden-Powell as an arm-badge for soldiers who qualified as scouts (reconnaissance specialists) in the 5th Dragoon Guards, which he commanded at the end of the 19th century; it was later used in cavalry regiments throughout the British Army until 1921.
In 1907, Baden-Powell made brass fleur-de-lis badges for the boys attending his first experimental "Boy Scout" camp at Brownsea Island. In his seminal book Scouting for Boys, Baden-Powell referred to the motif as "the arrowhead which shows the North on a map or a compass" and continued; "It is the Badge of the Scout because it points in the right direction and upward... The three points remind you of the three points of the Scout Promise", being duty to God and country, helping others and keeping the Scout Law. The World Scout Emblem of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, has elements which are used by most national Scout organizations. The stars stand for truth and knowledge, the encircling rope for unity, and its reef knot or square knot, service.
More can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleur-de-lis
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The Trackable is made of aluminum and measures just under 1" x 2". The patches are oval and each measures about 2" x 3". They are attached to a plastic badge holder which measures about 2.5" x 3.5". They should fit nicely in regular size cache containers. Feel free to attach your favorite hitchhiker to join them on their journey.