The very same day, Baden-Powell had him shot at sundown by firing squad in front of his stronghold where all his men could see him die. Tellingly, ...

North Baldy was renamed Mount Baden-Powell in a grand ceremony, on Memorial Day weekend, 1931. The peak’s namesake, Lieutenant General Robert Stephenson Smythe Baden-Powell, is best known as the ...

Baden-Powell was once also accused of illegally executing Matabele chief Uwini in 1896. Chief Uwini was a prisoner of war who had been promised that, on the condition of his surrender, he would be ...

Baden Powell, a composer and guitarist who built his career as an innovator of the bossa nova sound in Brazil, died Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro. He was 63.

Baden-Powell's movement was aimed at creating practical, self-reliant, and unselfish citizens. Exactly what is required today. Peter FitzGerald-Morris, Rochester, England. Baden Powell had the ...

On this day in 1907, the first ever Scouting event kicked off, ... Baden Powell's legacy. Baden-Powell gave himself the title of Chief Scout, a position he held until his death in 1941.

Two thousand people came to see him address Scout troops on a miserable day in May 1912 at the Alexandra Barracks in Mt Cook. Baden-Powell addressed accusations his movement fostered militarism.

Celebrating global unity and leadership, World Thinking Day 2025 highlights the power of young minds to drive change. ... February 22nd was chosen because it is also Lord Robert Baden-Powell, ...