revised 11/24/97 pmgThis is a ceremony which we performed in June, 1997, at our graduation campout. The ashes were brough to our campfire by Scoutmaster Pete Godfrey of Boy Scout Troop 110, Union City, CA. These ashes date back to 1956.
DIRECTIONS: Ashes taken from this campfire are sprinkled into the flames of the next Scout campfire you attend. When the ashes are cold, they are stirred and each Scout takes some along to mix with his next campfire. If more than one Scout brings ashes to the same campfire, the lists are combined, the dates and places of all campfires are recorded and passed on. Only those present at the ceremony may carry ashes from the campfire. Scouts wishing to start in this tradition, bring a stick to the campfire and burn it along with the ashes of other Scout campfires.
"Cub Scout Pack 273 hopes that all who receive these ashes will take the tradition into their hearts and continue to observe it as they follow their own Scouting trails.
We carry our friendship which is in these ashes from other campfires with other comrades in other lands. May the joining of the dead fires with the leaping flames symbolize once more the unbroken chain that binds Scouts of all nations together in the World Brotherhood of Scouting."
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- CAMPFIRE ASHES HISTORY
- YEAR -- COUNTRY -- SITE
=====================- Philippines -- Scout event
- Malaysia -- Scout event
- Thailand -- Scout event
- Korea -- Scout event
- Japan -- Scout event
- Australia -- Scout event
- New Zealand -- Scout event
1956
- Germany -- 0/A council fire Camp Freedom
- Scotland -- International Jamboree
1957
- Germany -- 0/A council fire Camp Freedom
- England -- World Jamboree, Sutton Coldfiled
1958
- Switzerland -- International Scout Chalet, Kandersteg
- Germany -- 0/A council fire Camp Freedom
1959
- USA -- National Junior Roundup, L-5
- Germany -- 0/A council fire Camp Freedom
1961
- USA -- Roundup
1962
- USA -- Roundup
- Switzerland -- Our Chalet, Adeboden
1963
- USA -- All State Campout, Arizona
1964
- USA -- All State Arizona Project
1965
- USA -- Senior Campout
- USA -- Shadow Ridge Campout
- USA -- Cadet Campout, Arizona
- USA -- All State Campout, Arizona
- USA -- All State Arizona Project
- USA -- Camp Mary White
- Holland -- Girl Guide Camp
- USA -- Philmont Scout Camp Nation Junior Leader Training
- Canada -- World Jamboree with Lady Olave Baden-Powell
- Brazil -- 2nd Pan American Jamboree, Rio de Janeiro
1966
- USA -- National Jamboree, Farragut, Idaho
- USA -- Cadet Campout
- USA -- Final Campfire, Camp Mary White
- USA -- Roswell Girl Scout Camp
1967
- USA -- Philmont Scout Camp, Ranger Training
- Germany -- Girl Guides
1968
- Taiwan -- Jungle Survival
- Taiwan -- Camp McCauley
- USA -- Philmont Scout Camp, Ranger Training
1969
- USA -- National Center West ,Wyoming Rendezvous
- USA -- Camp Chimney Park, Long Peak Council, Wyoming
- USA -- Philmont Scout Camp, Ranger Training
1970
- USA -- Camp Covered Bridge, Louisv11e ,Kentucky
- USA -- 50 mile Appalachian Trail Hike, Virginia
- USA -- Candles to Capsules, Williamsburg, Virginia
- USA -- senior Leadership Development Camp
- USA -- Action '70 Weekend
- Germany -- German Guide Camp, Petershof, Odenwald
- Germany -- Leaders Training, Temkins Barracks Schwetzinqen
- Germany -- PSG; Promise Ceremony, Pershof, Erbach
- England -- Diamond Jubilee Camp, Hulton Park, Lancashire
- USA -- Philmont Scout Camp, Ranger Training
1971
- Belgium -- Training Camp, Fresnaye
- Netherlands -- international Whitsun Camp, Dwinpeloe Dwingeloo
- Germany -- North Atlantic Training Conference, Garmisch
- USA -- District Winter conference, Shenandoah, Virginia
- USA -- National Camping Day Doe Lake
- USA -- "Dig Mankind" National Center West, Wyoming
- USA -- Senior Cadet Troop Camping, Inlet, New York
- USA -- Camp Covered Bridge, Louisville Kentucky
- USA -- Philmont Scout Camp, Ranger Training
- Holland -- Whistun Camp, Dwingeloo
1972
- USA -- CIT Graduation, Camp, Timberlake, Fort Worth, Texas
- USA -- Little Roundup, Peoria, Illinois
- USA -- Camp Covered Bridge, Louisville, Kentucky
- Germany -- North Atlantic Training Conference, Garmisch
- Germany -- North Atlantic Olympiad, Wolfetsried
- Germany -- Junior Campout
- Germany -- Camp Lachenwald
- Germany -- Munich Area Campout
- Germany -- Siegenberg
- Germany -- Camp Ju1ietti, Rilein Main Air Base
- Belgium -- Training Camp, Chievres
- Guatamala -- Senior Training Camp
- Honduras -- Roundup
- Puerto Rico -- Training Camp
- Mexico -- National Camping Event
- USA -- Florida International Camping Event
1973
- USA -- Arizona
- USA -- Good Turn Weekend, Camp Henry F. Koch, Indiana
- USA -- Aide Training Camp, Camp Henry F. Koch, Indiana
- Mexico -- Our Cabana, Flint River Seniors, Cuerravera
- Germany -- Training Camp, Friendship Acres
- Germany -- Training Camp, Tdenheim
- Germany -- Training Camp, Zerus
- Germany -- Camp Lachenwald
- Germany -- Siakein
- Belgium -- Belgian Guide Camp, La Fresnaye
- Germany -- Leaders~ip Training, Seeshaupt
- Germany -- Heidelberg Day Camp, Schwetzingen Forest
- Germany -- International Cadet Campout; Berlin
- Belgium -- Guide Camp, La Fresnay
- Belgium -- Training Camp, Abbaye de Maredsous
- Liechtenstein -- Guides and Scouts
- USA -- Wood Badge, Region 4; Buskskin Reservation;West Virgina
- USA -- Camp Rough River, Old Kentucky Home Council
- USA -- Philmont Training Center, New Mexico
- USA -- National Jamboree West; Farragut National Park
- USA -- Wood Badge Training; West Virginia
- USA -- Philmont Training Center
- Germany -- Trainers Conference Hiedelberg
1974
- Trinidad -- Tobago Trinity Diamond Jubilee Camp
- Mexico -- Our Cabana; Cuerravera
- USA -- Ohio Valley Camping Festival
- USA -- Troop Campout Pennsylvania
- Germany -- Trainer conference, Heidelberg
- Germany -- Senior Camping, Camp Lelback
- Germany -- Cadet Encampment; Stuttgart
- Germany -- Munich Area Campout
- Germany -- Outdoor Training; Camp Dahn
- Germany -- District Conference, camp Tano, Kniserslautern
- Germany -- Training Conference, Zwingenberg Youth Hostel
- Germany -- Wood Badge Training; NE-ll1-9; Camp Freedom
- Switzerland -- Our Chalet; Adelboden Camp Training
- France -- German-American Campout Vogesen
- England -- Keys to Partnership Conference; Oxford
- England -- Our Ark; London
- Luxemburg -- Camp Training; Vianden
- Luxemburg -- Wiesbaden Cadets and Luxembourg Girl Guide
- Germany -- Cadet International Camporee; Camp Juliette
- Columbia -- 3rd Pan American Jamboree Bogota
- Germany -- Wood Badge;Camp Freedom
- Germany -- District Hilltop Day Camp, Stuttgart
- Germany -- Outdoor Training Camp Thunderbird, Rhine-Main Air Base
1975
- Germany -- Wiesbaden Cadet International, Camporee; Camp Echo
- Germany -- Wiesbaden Area Day Camp ramp Boho
- Germany -- Hostel Bash, Manderscheed
- Germany -- Leader Campout; Schwetzingen Froest
- Germany -- Heidelberg Day Camp, Schwetzingen Froest
- Germanv -- All Junior Campout, Schwetzingen Froest
- Germany -- Wood Badge; NE-lll-23; Camp Freedom
- Germany -- Klondike Derby, Heidelberg
- Germany -- 6th Grade Junior campout; Schwetzingen Froest
- Germany -- Leadership Training; Schwetzingen Froest
- England -- UK Conference.. Green Magic Baden Powell House
- Belgium -- Intercamp 75 6 Nations Vogelsang
- Germany -- Farewell Troop Campout Scoutmaster Katsersl
- Germany -- Wood Badge, Camp Freedom
- Norway -- 14th World Jamboree, Lillehammer
1976
- Germany -- Central District Cadet Camporee Lilianwald
- Germany -- District Spring Camporee, Lampertheim Woods
- Germany -- Wood Badge, NE-III-32, Camp Freedom, Dautphe
- Germany -- Wood Badge, NE-III-3~ Camp Freedom; Dautphe
- Germany -- O/A Conference, Camp Freedom
- Germany -- Klondike (Mud) Derby, Prum/Eifel
- Germany -- VCP "Stamm Franken" Wiesbaden Herbstlager
- Germany -- Camp Lillewald Karben
- Germany -- Camp Sun Up, Berlin
- Germany -- Intercamp 76, Brexbachtal, (Koblenz)
- England -- Wood Badge, NE-III-34, Gilwell Park
- Tunisia -- Campout
- Morocco -- Campout
- Algeria -- Campout
- USA -- Order of the Arrow Conference
- England -- Wood Badge, Gilwell Park
- Switzerland -- Bi-Centennial Jamboree Geneva
1977
- Iceland -- Campfire with Icelandic and German Scouts
- Iceland -- Friendship Campfire, Wiesbaden, German Scouts
- Germany -- Three Rivers District Camporee, Kaiserisautern
- Germany -- 1st SLD Rheinland Training, Camp Echo Taunus
- Germany -- Wiebaden Founders Day and Thinking Day
- USA -- White Sands District Camporee, Alamogorodo NM
- USA -- 0/A Council Fire; Camp Dale Resier Cloudcroft, NM
- USA -- Lets-be-Amigos Chamiz National Monument, El Paso, TX
- England -- Wood Badge NF-III-42 Camp Freedom Dautphe
- Germany -- 0/A Conference Camp Dahn
- Germany -- Three Rivers District Fall Pioneer; Camp Wally
- USA -- NE. Region Experimental Cub Wood Badge, Camp Schiff
1978
- Germany -- Three Rivers District Klondike Derby, Camp Dahn
- Germany -- Three Rivers District Camporee; Kaiserslautern
- England -- Wood Badge NE-III-44~ Gliwell Park
- Germany -- Camp Sun UP Berlin
- Germany -- Troop 4 Summer Camp, Camp Freedom, Dautphe
- Germany -- Troop 46 Campout Berlin
- Germany -- Alpine District Scout Leader Training; Stuttgart
- Germany -- Winter Camp, Gatow, Berlin
- USA -- Yucca Council Camporee, Camp Zach White, EL Paso TX
- USA -- Most High Order of the Bushed Bear, Camp Dale Resier NM.
- Germany -- 2nd SLD Rheinland Training, Camp Echo Taunus
- Germany -- Wood Badge Training, NE-III-49 Camp Freedom
- Germany -- O/A Conference Camp Dabun
- Germany -- 3rd SLD Rheinland Training, Camp Rittersdorf
- Italy -- Summer Camp Fires, Camp Tuscanny, Pisa
- USA -- Wood Badge WE-28-10 Rancho Los Mochos, CA.
1979
- Germany -- U/A Tap Out, and Ordeal Berlin
- Germany -- 0/A Fellowship, Kandersteg
- Germany -- Intercamp 79, Brexbachtal (Koblenz)
- Germany -- Troop 4 Summer Camp, Camp Freedom
- Germany -- Scout Leader Training, Heidelberg
- Germany -- Alpine District Fall Camporee, Schwaebisch Hall
- Germany -- Three Rivers Frontieree, Camp Lampertheim
- Germany -- 4th SLD Rheinland Training, Han Scout Campground
- Germany -- Wood Badge Training, NE-III-55, Camp Freedom
- Japan -- Wood Badge W803-16, Camp Tama
- USA -- Scout Leader Basic Training, Camp Dale Resier, NM
- USA -- Secota District Fall Camporee, Olney, Maryland
- USA -- Wood Badge NC-342, Camp Arrowhead Springfield
- Korea -- First Korean and American Camporee
1980
- Germany -- Alpine District Klondike Derby, Homberg Mountain
- Switzerland -- Troop 4 X-country Ski Weekend Kandersteg
- Germany -- Hohenstaufen Historic Trail Camporee, Goeppinge
- USA -- Timberline District Klondike Derby, Colorado
- Egypt -- Campout
- Jordan -- Campout
- Denmark -- Campout
- France -- Campout
- Austria -- Campout
- USA -- Secota District Fall Camporee, Olney, Maryland
- USA -- Summer Camp Len-Hok-Sin Trail, Goshen Scout Camp
- Philippines -- Wood Badge, Bagio City
- USA -- Wood Badge Camp Brady Saunders, Richmond Virginia
- Korea -- 2nd Korean and American Camporee
1981
- USA -- SLTC-1 Camp George Thomas, Oklahoma
- USA -- Sooner Plains District Fall Camporee, Fort Sill, OH.
- USA -- Timberline District Camporee, Colorado
- USA -- Mount Vernon District INT. Camporee
- USA -- Summer Camp, Camp Marriott, Goshen Scout Camp
- USA -- National Jamboree Port A.P. Hill, Virginia
- England -- Butcher's Coppice, Bournemouth British / American
- USA -- Wood Badge, 82-39, Camp Tapawingo, Virginia
- USA -- Portland, OR, 0/A Conclave Columbia River Council
- USA -- Wood Badge, Monterey Bay Area Council
- USA -- Wood Badge, Marin County Council
- USA -- National Jamboree, Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia
- USA -- Wood Badge, Camp Chickahominy, Tidewater Virginia
- USA -- Wood Badge, 82-41 Camp Tapawingo, Virginia
1982
- USA -- SLTC 82 Camp George Thomas, Oklahoma
- USA -- Wood Badge NC-l37 Camp A1exander, Colorado
- USA -- 0/A Tap Out, Sooner Plains District, C. Thomas, Oklahoma
- USA -- Timberline District, Scout Leader Basic Training, CO
- USA -- Wood Badge, Camp Brady Saunder, Richmond, Virginia
1983
- USA -- Wood Badge NC-l42 Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch, CO
- USA -- Timberline District 8 Klondike Derby, CO.
- USA -- Wood Badge, 82-42 Camp Marriott
1984
- Canada -- Canada World Jamboree, Calgary Alberta, Canada
- USA -- Wood Badge NC-147, Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch, CO
- USA -- Wood Badge, 82-44 Camp Marriott
- Panama -- Scout-O-Rama, Panama Canal
1985
- USA -- Centennial District Klondike Derby, CO
- USA -- Timber Line District Klondike Derby, CO.
- USA -- Denver Area Camporee, Bear Creek Lake State Park, CO,
- USA -- National Jamboree, Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia
- USA -- Wood Badge NC-150, Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch, CO.
- Sweden -- Intercamp
- Germany -- Intercamp
- Italy -- Intercamp
- England -- Intercamp
- Yugoslavia -- Intercamp
- Benelux -- Country Intercamp
- France -- Intercamp
- Spain -- Intercamp
- Austria -- Intercamp
1986
- USA -- Gateway District Spring Leader Basic Training, CO.
- USA -- Catholic Camporee Camp Tahosa, CO.
- USA -- Wood Badge NC-154 Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch, CO.
- USA -- Gateway District Fall Leader Basic Training, CO
- USA -- Centennial District Leader Basic Training P.V. CO
- USA -- Timberline Leader Basic Training, Bear Creek Lake CO.
- USA -- Timberline District Camporee
- USA -- Timberline Klondike Derby Kenosha Pass, CO
- USA -- Wood Badge, 82-47 Camp Tapawingo, Virginia
- USA -- Wood Badge, WE-III-23-86 Camp Linbiad, CA.
1987
- USA -- Gateway District Spring Leader Basic Training, CO
- USA -- Troop 176 Summer Camp, Camp Ben de Latour Bear Creek CO
- USA -- Timberline Leader Basic Training, Bear Creek Lake, CO.
- USA -- Troop 572 Summer Camp, Cris Dobbins, PV Scout Ranch, CO.
- USA -- Timberline Camporee Timberline CG, Kenosha Pass, CO.
- USA -- Timberline Eagle Trek, Philmont Scout Ranch ,New Mexico
- USA -- Timberline Leader Basic Training Camp George West, CO.
- USA -- Timberline Klondike Derby Kenosha Pass, CO
- USA -- Wood Badge NC-l58 Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch, CO.
- USA -- Brownsea Training, Camp Linblad, CA.
- USA -- Wood Badge, WE-3-28-87, Rancho Los Mochos, CA.
1988
- Australia -- Denver Area Council Contingent, XVI World Jamboree
- USA -- Timberline Klondike Derby Kenosha Pass CO.
- USA -- Gateway District Leader Basic Training, CO.
- USA -- Timberline Leader Basic Training Camp George West CO.
- USA -- Denver Area Council Camporee
- USA -- Wood Badge NC-162 Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch CO.
1989
- USA -- Timberline Klondike Derby Kenosha Pass CO.
- England -- 63rd. Gilwell Reunion Gilwell Park
- USA -- Wood Badge NC-l64 Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch CO..
- USA -- Brownsea Training, Camp Linblad, CA.
- USA -- National Jamboree, Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia
1990
- USA -- Wood Badge, WE-3-28-90 Rancho Los Mochos, CA
1992
- USA -- Webelos Weekend, Troop 905 Flag Retirement, Los Mochos, CA
1993
- USA -- Vigil Camp Fire Rancho Los Mochos, CA
1994
- USA -- SFBAC BSA Tri-Valley District Leader Basic Training & Woodbadge Court of Honor, Los Mochos Scout Camp, Alameda County, California
1996
- USA -- USA Flag Retirement Ceremony & Troop 110 Court of Honor, June 1, at Garin Park, Hayward, California
1997
- USA -- USA Flag Retirement Ceremony & Pack 273 Graduation, Garin Regional Park, Hayward California, June 14, 1997