Portal:Scouting/Did you know... archive/2008

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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?


 * Mar 31, 2008 - ...that Sangam, one of WAGGGS' World Centers, means coming together in sanskrit?


 * Apr 30, 2008 - ...that the Girl Guides were named after a regiment of the British Indian Army, the Corps of Guides?

...that Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov was one of the first Boy Scouts in Russia?
 * May 31, 2008 - ...that woggle is a play on boon doggle, which comes from dog bones?

...that Kate Silverton is a Queen's Guide?
 * Jun 30, 2008 - ...that the United States Navy named the USS Boy Scout (SP-53) after the Boy Scouts of America?

...that Fergie, the pop and R&B singer, formerly with the Black Eyed Peas was a Girl Scout?
 * 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"?


 * 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?

... that Elizabeth Brinton sold over 100 000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies?
 * 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?


 * 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?