Mafeking remained famous because the commander of the besieged garrison, Colonel Robert Baden-Powell, went on to found the scouting movement.

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The organization takes its name from Robert Baden-Powell, whose initiatives in Britain in starting in 1907 launched the international Scouting movement.

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We reached tens of thousands of leaders, and for several years it was my honor to write and travel and speak to a grassroots movement of Scouting, and lead an incredible team of staff and volunteers that loved their jobs.

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"There's an understanding not only in the logistics of the game, the scouting of the game, the movement, but also the leadership aspects of football, and that part is very unique to football, " he said.

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There was a time when I expected my entire life would be spent in the service of Scouting, humbly trying to continue the legacy of Bill Hillcourt, and give back to a movement that had done more to shape and mold the man I became than anything I learned in school, from my parents, or from any other influence.

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