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There is also an entry in Baden-Powell's diary on 4th February 1908 which mentions a Scout Troop in Nottingham. | There is also an entry in Baden-Powell's diary on 4th February 1908 which mentions a Scout Troop in Nottingham. | ||
Finally, a troop from | Finally, a troop from Hampstead was involved in various events in the first half of 1908. | ||
The Scout Association maintains a list of all the Scout Troops who claim to have started in 1908.<ref name="tsa_first_tps">{{cite web | title = The First Troops | publisher = The Scout Association | date = August 2006 | url = http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/facts/pdfs/fs295303.pdf | format = pdf | accessdate = 2007-02-14}}</ref> | The Scout Association maintains a list of all the Scout Troops who claim to have started in 1908.<ref name="tsa_first_tps">{{cite web | title = The First Troops | publisher = The Scout Association | date = August 2006 | url = http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/facts/pdfs/fs295303.pdf | format = pdf | accessdate = 2007-02-14}}</ref> | ||
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=== Finland === | === Finland === | ||
'''Toimen Pojat''' (Unga Fribyggare in | '''Toimen Pojat''' (Unga Fribyggare in Swedish), a [[Suomen Partiolaiset|Scouting]] troop in Kauniainen, Finland was established in [[1910]]. Toimen Pojat is the oldest continuously operating Scout troop in Finland. During the Russian ban on [[Scouting]] in the 1910s before the Finnish independence in ([[1917]]), the troop operated underground. Many traditions that distinguish the troop formed during that period. | ||
=== Greece === | === Greece === | ||
In Greece, [[Mark Mindler]] established in [[1913]] the third [[sea scout]] group of | In Greece, [[Mark Mindler]] established in [[1913]] the third [[sea scout]] group of Athens (3η Ομάς Αθηνών Ναυτοπροσκόπων) as the first scouting group of the country. (The first and second scouting groups were to be established later for training scout officers.) The group operates to this day. | ||
=== United States of America === | === United States of America === | ||
*[[Scouting in Kentucky#Early history .281908-1950.29|First Boy Scout Troop in the United States]] in | *[[Scouting in Kentucky#Early history .281908-1950.29|First Boy Scout Troop in the United States]] in Burnside, Kentucky | ||
*[[Scouting in Oklahoma|First Boy Scout Troop in the United States]] in [[Pawhuska, Oklahoma#Notability|Pawhuska, Oklahoma]] | *[[Scouting in Oklahoma|First Boy Scout Troop in the United States]] in [[Pawhuska, Oklahoma#Notability|Pawhuska, Oklahoma]] | ||
*[[Cradle of Liberty Council#External links|First Boy Scout Troop in the United States]] in [[Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania]] | *[[Cradle of Liberty Council#External links|First Boy Scout Troop in the United States]] in [[Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania]] | ||
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*[[Scouting memorials]] | *[[Scouting memorials]] | ||
*[[Scouting museums]] | *[[Scouting museums]] | ||
* | *St. Joseph's College, Hong Kong | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||