Portal:Scouting/Did you know... archive/2008
PERIOD ENDING - FACT
- Jan 31, 2008 - ...Lady Mary Pellatt was buried in her Guide uniform?
- Feb 29, 2008 - ...That many of the members of the royal family of Liechtenstein are heavily involved in Scouting, such as Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein, and Princess Nora of Liechtenstein?
- Apr 30, 2008 - ...that the Girl Guides were named after a regiment of the British Indian Army, the Corps of Guides?
- May 31, 2008 - ...that woggle is a play on boon doggle, which comes from dog bones?
...that Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov was one of the first Boy Scouts in Russia?
- Jun 30, 2008 - ...that the United States Navy named the USS Boy Scout (SP-53) after the Boy Scouts of America?
...that Kate Silverton is a Queen's Guide?
- Jul 31, 2008 - ...that WAGGGS' 33rd World Conference will be held this year from 6th to 14th July in South Africa and its theme is "Join in, reach out, change lives"?
...that Fergie, the pop and R&B singer, formerly with the Black Eyed Peas was a Girl Scout?
- Aug 31, 2008 - ...that Queen Elizabeth II was patrol leader of the Swallow Patrol?
- Sep 30, 2008 - ... that William Hanna was a Scoutmaster?
- Oct 31, 2008 - ... that Kirara Beach, Yamaguchi, Japan will be the site of the 23rd World Scout Jamboree?
- Nov 30, 2008 - ... that before he became Chief Scout of South Africa, Nkwenkwe Nkomo was an anti-apartheid activist who was imprisoned on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela?
... that Elizabeth Brinton sold over 100 000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies?
- Dec 31, 2008 - ... that after a tornado struck Little Sioux Scout Ranch in 2008, 121 awards for heroism were presented by the Boy Scouts of America?