Internationally, scouting recognizes Lord Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell of Gilwell (1857-1941) as its founder.

Fighting for the Queens army, Baden-Powell (B-P), became a war hero and upon his return to England found that a training manual he'd written was being used by boys to learn about the outdoors.

Brownsea Island is the place B-P took 22 scraggly, rough and tumble, youth, from public schools on an experimental adventure to produce scouting's first summer camp experience. 

-- American Scouting Digest will be publishing articles about the foundations of scouting on an ongoing basis. Check back often for a continuing look at the origins of B-P's great vision for the youth of the world.

* 2005 marks the 75th anniversary of cub scouting. Read more...

www.pinetreeweb.com/

The focus is on the author's particular interests in Scouting which include: the life and times of the Founder, Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell, the heritage, history and traditions of Scouting, leadership development, and International Scouting, with a particular emphasis on Scouting in Eastern Europe and Russia.

The pages have been collected under the title of the "Pine Tree Web" to tie several diverse subjects together and to recognize the author's links to a Scouting endeavor, Pine Tree Camp, that has special meaning in his own Scouting experience.