Boy Rescued after Tongue Gets Stuck on a Pole photo of the character Ralphie, played by actor Peter Billingsley, firing his Red Ryder air rifle from the classic movie A Christmas Story is seen in the back yard of the house used in the filming of the movie in Cleveland, Monday, Nov. 13, 2006.
Lord Baden Powell (1857-1941) was a British general and founder of the modern Scouting movement. He studied at Charterhouse school and served in the British army from 1876 -1910. He became a national hero during the Boer war of 1899-1900 when, with a small garrison, he commanded the defence of Mafeking. It was during the Boer war that Baden Powell wrote down a guide to Scouting.
Baron Baden-Powell , of Gilwell in the County of Essex , is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . It was created in 1929 for the military commander Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baronet , hero of the Siege of Mafeking and founder of the international Scouting movement.