Portal:Scouting/Did you know.../2


 * ...that Dr. László Nagy was the Chief Executive of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1968-1985 and that he was a Swiss citizen of Hungarian origin?
 * ...that Mury was a clandestine Girl Scouts group organized by young Polish women; political prisoners in the concentration camp in Ravensbrück?
 * ...that the Mafeking Cadet Corps, volunteer boy cadets in the Siege of Mafeking, are sometimes seen as the forerunners of the Scouts, and were depicted on one of the only British stamps not to depict the monarch?
 * ...that Yang Huimin was a Girl Guide during the battle of Shanghai who supplied a Republic of China flag and brought supplies to besieged defenders of the Sihang Warehouse? Her actions proved inspiring to the defenders, who flew the flag the next daybreak in front of thousands of watching eyes across the bank of the Suzhou Creek.
 * ...that the history of Gilwell Park can be traced all the way back to 1407 and that there is a 1000+ year old Buddha there?