Scout World Jamboree Monument, Arrow Park
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Scout World Jamboree Monument, Arrow Park
Image: © Colin Cheesman Taken: 20 Dec 2018
In 1929 the 3rd World Scout Jamboree was held at Arrowe Park, some 21 years after the publication of 'Scouting for Boys' by Baden-Powell. It was attended by 30,000 scouts and there were 300,000 visitors. It was at this event that the 'Golden Arrow' was adopted as the symbol of peace and goodwill by the scouting movement. In 1931 the sculptor, Edward Carter Preston, was asked by the Boy Scout Movement to erect a sculpture to commemorate the event. The sculpture was restored in the 1980's. Located at what is now the entrance to Arrowe Park Hospital, passed by millions yet few will know what it is there for.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.370339
Longitude
-3.094263