Baden Powell's grave
| Baden Powell's grave | |
|---|---|
| † | 1941 |
| Country | Kenya |
| province | Nyeri |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 0 ° 25 ′ 8.6 ″ S , 36 ° 57 ′ 0.4 ″ E |
| Cimetière | St. Peter's Cemetery |
In the grave of Baden-Powell are Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell and his wife Olave, Baroness Baden-Powell , in Nyeri in Kenya buried.
Robert Baden-Powell died on January 8, 1941 and was buried in St. Peter's Cemetery in Nyeri. After his wife Olave Baden-Powell died in England in 1977, their ashes were sent to Kenya and buried next to her husband. Kenya has declared the grave of Robert Baden-Powell a national monument.
On the cemetery grounds, now known as the "Baden-Powell Historical Gardens", there is an information center with a permanent exhibition on Robert Baden-Powell and the boy scout movement.
history
Baden-Powell, who knew and liked Kenya, decided to spend the winter in Nyeri at his friend Eric Sherbrooke Walker's Outspan Hotel. He chose Kenya as his last home because of the favorable climate and political situation in Europe. After he and Olave died, they had a memorial service at Westminster Abbey. The memorial stone is located in the south central nave of Westminster Abbey in front of the screen of St. George's Chapel and was unveiled on February 12, 1981. The grave has become a place of pilgrimage. with up to 50,000 visitors per year.
Every year on February 22nd, members of the Kenya Scouts Association and the Kenya Girl Guides Association celebrate Founder's Day at the grave.
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Robert Baden Powell
Chief Scout of the World
ʘ
22nd February 1857
8th January 1941
Olave Baden Powell
World Chief Guide
22nd February 1889
25th June 1977
His tombstone has a circle with a dot in the middle, "ʘ" the ranger symbol for "I did my job and went home." As well as a boy scout lily and a girl scout clover .
funeral
Baden-Powell knew that his health was deteriorating and planned accordingly. His will stipulated that he should be buried in Nyeri, without the grave assigned to him in Westminster Abbey. His death was worldwide news. He left final letters for Scout and Scouter and made plans for his funeral. When he died, he was buried in a procession.
Individual evidence
- ^ Baden-Powell . Scout.org. January 8, 1941. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ^ Olave St. Clair Baden-Powell . Retrieved October 24, 2010.
- ^ A b The burden of Lord Baden Powell's resting place - Home . businessdailyafrica.com. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ↑ Tim Jeal: Baden-Powell: Founder of the Boy Scouts . Yale University Press, 2007, ISBN 9780300125139 , p. 555.
- ^ A b Robert & Olave Baden-Powell . In: Westminster Abbey . Retrieved August 1, 2018.
- ^ Bryan Wendell: Scouting family takes pilgrimage to Baden-Powell's grave in Kenya . BSA. April 11, 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
- ↑ Historic shrine that's home to boy scouts and girl guides . In: Daily Nation . March 3, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
- ^ Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell ( en ) Retrieved October 24, 2010.
- ^ Baden-Powell, 83, Claimed by Death (en) . In: Wilmington Morning Star , January 9, 1941, p. 3. "Funeral Services For Founders Of Boy Scouts Will Be Conducted Today"
- ↑ BP prepared a farewell message to his scouts, for publication after his death . In: World Scouting . 1939.
- ↑ Funeral Of Lord Baden-Powell 1941 ( en ): "Funeral procession of Robert Baden-Powell, head of the scouting movement for boys, in Kenya"
- ↑ The Funeral of The Chief Scout, Lieutenant General the Right Honorable Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell OM, ( en ): "The scene at the graveside during the military funeral of Lord Baden-Powell at Nyeri, Kenya. According to the original caption, the church at Nyeri is too small for such a large congregation, so the service is held beside the grave. Brigadier General Sir Godfrey Rhodes can be seen beyond the coffin, wearing the uniform of the Scout Commissioner of Kenya. "
