Fleur-de-lis in Scouting

The fleur-de-lis is the main element in the logo of most Scouting organizations, representing a major theme in Scouting: the outdoors and wilderness. [Walton, Mike [http://www.mninter.net/~blkeagle/crest.htm The World Crest Badge...(and why do we *all* wear it?)] . 1999.] The three petals or leaves represent the threefold Scout Promise (Duty to God and Country, Duty to Self, Duty to Others) in much the same way as the three leaves of the trefoil represent the threefold promise for the Guides. Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scouting movement, explained [ [http://www.pinetreeweb.com/bp-varsity10-1.htm B-P, Lessons from the Varsity of Life. Chapter IX. Life Number Two. Part One ] ] that the Scouts adopted the fleur-de-lis symbol from its use in the compass rose because it "points in the right direction (and upwards) turning neither to the right nor left, since these lead backward again."

ee also

*World Crest

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