These ashes tie Scouters together around the world. They symbolize the World Brotherhood of Scouting. These ashes have been mingled with the ashes from scouting campfires all around the world.
These ashes are reminiscent of the Scouts and Scouters from long ago, their dreams, their goals, their ideals and their hope in a future that scouting helped shape towards adulthood. We are a part of this brotherhood. Let us seek dreams for the future: let us claim goals, let our hearts burn with ideals that are as noble as they are God honoring. Let us never forget the strength scouting has built into our character. These ashes will be brought again to our unit campfires, that we may be remembered to the scouts of tomorrow. So let us not forget that we are living a legacy for them to follow.
By tradition, campfire ashes are collected from Scouting events and carried to subsequent events where they are sprinkled into new flames. Only those present at the campfire are given ashes. In this way, the fellowship and spirit of past campfires are passed on.
These ashes have been gathered by Scouts and Scouters in their travels around the world. They contain remnants of those past campfires.
They will now be yours.
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1 1907 England Brownsea Island (taken 9/85)
20 1956 Scotland International Jamborette
25 1957 Ireland Irish All Scouteree, Dublin, Ireland
31 1958 Japan Climb over Camporee, Mt. Fuji
65 1966 Brazil 2nd Pan American Jamboree, Rio De Janeiro
66 1966 Canada With Lady Baden Powell
76 1967 Canada Winter Survival, Camp Tundra, Newfoundland
193 1974 Switzerland Camp Training, International Scout Chalet, Adelboden
218 1975 Norway XIV World Jamboree, Lillehammer, Norway
227 1976 England Woodbadge Course NE III-34, Gilwell Park
242 1976 Morocco Campout, Rabat
244 1976 Tunisia Hands Across the Sands, Scoutorama
269 1977 Iceland Friendship Campfire, German Scouts from Wiesbaden & Keflavik
272 1977 Italy International Wood Badge, Cornuda
275 1977 Turkey OA Council Fire, Incirlik
339 1979 Sweden Dalajamb (World Jamboree)
360 1980 Egypt Suez Canal Fellowship Campfire
375 1980 Jordan Christian Scouts Fellowship Fire
390 1981 Australia Baden Powell Training Camp, Penant Hills, New South Wales
417 1981 Norway 1st Norwegian National Jamboree, Asnes
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739 2012 USA Wood Badge Summer 2012, C1-250-12-2, Fred C Andersen Scout Camp, Houlton, WI [Ross DeMeyere, Beaver Patrol]
740 2013 USA Many Point Scout Camp Voyageur Week 6 Closing Campfire, Ponsford MN
746 2013 USA Wood Badge C1-250-13-2, Stearns Scout Camp, Annandale, MN [Michelle Pitt, Eagle Patrol]
747 2015 USA Troop 38 Wilson's Cabin at Kabekona Kamp, Hackensack MN; Retirement of six American Flags and Friendship Fire;
764 2017 USA Ethan P Eagle Project Veteran's Day Flag Retirement Ceremony Kordiak Park, Columbia Heights MN; retired over 60 American flags and 6 military branch flags.