National Federation of Boys and Girl Scouts of Luxembourg - 100 Years - Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
N 49° 36.672 E 006° 07.798
32U E 292673 N 5499360
This totem pole celebrating the 100th anniversary of the National Federation of Boys and Girl Scouts of Luxembourg (Fédération Nationale des Eclaireurs et Eclaireuses du Luxembourg) is located at the Cercle Municipal Building in Luxembourg City.
Waymark Code: WMM4ZM
Location: Luxembourg
Date Posted: 07/22/2014
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ABOUT THE TOTEM POLE:
A circular piece of plexiglass surrounds the totem pole and has the following inscription on it:
The FNEL Centenary Totem
With the FNEL Centenary Totem, our anniversary festivities symbol, the National Federation of Boys and Girl Scouts of Luxembourg wishes to celebrate its motto
Together for a better world
While honouring volunteerism and values transmitted by the secularized Scouts movement in Luxembourg for over hundred years.
"The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others." Sir Robert Baden Powell
Features...
...it represents 3 animals, a bear, a beaver, an owl
each animal symbolizes a different personal attribute
...Oak trunk / 5 m height / 70 cm diameter / 400 hours of carving
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION:
The Fédération Nationale des Eclaireurs et Eclaireuses du Luxembourg (National Scout and Guide Federation of Luxembourg, FNEL) is one of Luxembourg's Scouting and Guiding organizations. It is a member of the Luxembourg Boy Scouts Association.
This secular association is open to all boys and girls of all religions, race and nationalities. It has about 2,000 members.
Secular scouting in Luxembourg started in 1914. In 1916, twelve local Scout groups founded the Fédération Nationale des Eclaireurs du Luxembourg. The federation was among the founding members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) in 1922. In 1940, under the German occupation, Scouting was banned in Luxembourg. The Scout groups went underground, some members were arrested in concentration camps.
In 1945, the FNEL and the Lëtzebuerger Scouten founded the Luxembourg Boy Scouts Association onto which the WOSM membership was transferred. The former boys-only FNEL opened to girls in 1966 and added the words et Eclaireuses (and Girl Guides) to its name in 1971.
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