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[[Image:Gilwell Park Campfire Circle.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Campfire circle at Gilwell Park]] | [[Image:Gilwell Park Campfire Circle.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Campfire circle at Gilwell Park]] | ||
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While different leader training courses are conducted at Gilwell Park, the most prominent is Wood Badge. Francis Gidney, the first Camp Chief, conducted the first Wood Badge course at Gilwell Park [[September|September 8-19]], [[1919]]. Gilwell Park became the home of leadership training in the [[Scouting|Scout movement]].<ref name="gillwbhist">{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = | url = http://pinetreeweb.com/woodbadg.htm | title = The Wood Badge Homepage | format = | work = | publisher = Pinetree Web | accessdate = 2006-08-01}}</ref> Leaders from all over the world receive automatic membership in [[1st Gilwell Park Scout Group]] ([[Gilwell Troop 1]]) on completion of the Wood Badge course. These leaders are henceforth called [[Wood | While different leader training courses are conducted at Gilwell Park, the most prominent is Wood Badge. Francis Gidney, the first Camp Chief, conducted the first Wood Badge course at Gilwell Park [[September|September 8-19]], [[1919]]. Gilwell Park became the home of leadership training in the [[Scouting|Scout movement]].<ref name="gillwbhist">{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = | url = http://pinetreeweb.com/woodbadg.htm | title = The Wood Badge Homepage | format = | work = | publisher = Pinetree Web | accessdate = 2006-08-01}}</ref> Leaders from all over the world receive automatic membership in [[1st Gilwell Park Scout Group]] ([[Gilwell Troop 1]]) on completion of the Wood Badge course. These leaders are henceforth called [[Wood Badger]]s or [[Gilwellian]]s. Any location in which Wood Badgers meet is called Gilwell Field. The 1st Gilwell Park Scout Group meets every first weekend of September in Gilwell Park for the [[Gilwell Reunion]].<ref name="historyofficial"/> | ||
The Training Ground, near the White House, is the hallowed ground of Gilwell Park as this is the world home of Wood Badge, the premier Scout leader training course. A large oak tree, the Gilwell Oak, separates the Training Ground from the Orchard.<ref name="historyofficial"/> | The Training Ground, near the White House, is the hallowed ground of Gilwell Park as this is the world home of Wood Badge, the premier Scout leader training course. A large oak tree, the Gilwell Oak, separates the Training Ground from the Orchard.<ref name="historyofficial"/> | ||