The main purpose of these ashes is to bring to all Scouts and Scouters the International aspect of the world brotherhood of Scouting.
Ashes taken from a campfire are sprinkled into the flames of the next Campfire. The next morning, when the ashes are cold, they are stirred,
and each scout takes some along to mix with his next campfire. If more than one Scout brings ashes to the same campfire, the lists are pooled,
with the dates and places of all campfires recorded and passed on.
It is traditional that only those present at the ceremony carry ashes from that ceremony.
The campfire ashes of Wood Badge Course WE3-55-96 began at Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour, Dorset,
in August 1907 and
have traveled around the world to campfires in 53 countries.
Starting at Brownsea Island and going west, the countries include: England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland,
France, Spain, Portugal, Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Canada, USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Columbia, Brazil, Chile, Falkland Islands, New
Zealand, Australia, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, India, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt,
Jordan, Greece, Italy, Hungary, Austria, Liechtenstein, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Russia, Finland, And Iceland.
These campfires include:
- 54 Countries (Chile added in 1998-99)
- 35 U.S. States
- 4 Canadian Provinces
- 8 World Jamborees (Chile added in 1998-99)
- 12 U.S. National Jamborees
- 3 Pan American Jamborees
- 1 Canadian National Jamborees
- 1 New Zealand National Jamboree
- 3 Danish National Jamborees
- 2 Estonian National Jamborees
- (plus Jamborees in Belgium, Wales, Finland, Sweden, and Austria)
- A Canadian Campfire with Lady Baden-Powell
- Soil from the grave of Lord Baden-Powell at
Nyeri, Kenya
- 14 Wood Badge (Gilwell) Reunions
- 152 Wood Badge Courses (this list is
growing)
- 21 in Germany
- 11 in Canada
- 4 in England
- 2 in Thailand
- 1 in the Philippines
- (plus courses in Japan, New Zealand, South Africa)
- 6 Brownsea 22 events
- 35 OA Ceremony fires (incl. Germany & Switzerland)
- 21 OA Conclaves/Conferences
- 7 Summer Camp Openings
- 2 Permanent Camp Closings
- 917 Campfires in Total (### 1918 listing is multiple uncounted campfires.)
- Ash from Mt Saint Helens
The original list has followed the ashes since 1907-1908.
In 2004 two streams of these ashes where combined to create this new list.
Entries unique to the Whitsett list are indicated by ‘+’ after the year.
To view the full
list (as of 08/17/04) click here.
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