List of Scouting memorials
Collection of monuments and memorials to scouting
Since the birth and expansion of the Scout movement in the first decade of the 20th century, many Scouting memorials, monuments and gravesites have been erected throughout the world.
Africa
Kenya
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": 0.41878°S 36.95022°E / -0.41878; 36.95022 (Baden-Powell grave)
Baden-Powell "Paxtu" Cottage – On the grounds of the "Outspan Hotel", Nyeri, Kenya 0.421970°S 36.937220°E / -0.421970; 36.937220 (Baden-Powell "Paxtu" Cottage)
A museum is also under construction only a few hundred yards away from Baden Powel's gravesite. The museum is being funded by a joint effort between WSO nations to create an international scouting heritage center.
A commemorative stamp featuring Lord Baden-Powell's Paxtu cottage and Lady Baden-Powell has been issued by Kenya.
Asia
Japan
This statue in Yokohama is a memorial to the Unknown Scout Soldier, representing a true story during a fierce battle in Okinawa during World War II. The inscription on the memorial reads as follows "This statue is a memorial of a true story of a fierce battle in World War II, which happened on an island in the South Pacific Ocean somewhere. An American soldier was seriously wounded, and he was lying where he had fallen. The sound of gunfire stopped, and the surroundings quieted down. He heard someone's footsteps approaching him. A Japanese soldier who had a gun with a bayonet was standing over him when he opened his eyes.
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