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Nighthawks World Brotherhood Ashes

The Campfire Ash Ceremony is a tradition that was supposedly started by Baden-Powell to highlight the bond and brotherhood among Scouts worldwide.  The basic idea is that ashes from a campfire are collected and sprinkled into the next campfire, thus there’s a common thread that binds the events and the participants.  By keeping a running log, a “campfire pedigree” is created that lists lineage of the current ashes. 

Traditionally, anyone that participated in the campfire can take ashes for their own pedigree and can combine pedigrees if ashes from multiple “lists” are sprinkled into a fire. 

Nighthawk's World Brotherhood Ashes MS Excel File

Current to L.V.A.C. Mega Scout Expo 5-2-08
Sherman Brick, at top left, and Howard Blasiman, far right, watch as Kenny Hall places flags on the ceremonial fire Thursday behind the Disabled American Veterans hall. The worn flags were burned during a ceremony performed by the Alliance Veterans Council. Flag Retiremet During An Eagle Court Of Honor

Summary of Ashes History

The ashes I spread into this campfire carry memories of past campfires dating back to before our nation was born. From the Lakota Nation Council fires before the horse came to America, Over 5000 Campfire ashes, Brownsea Island 1907 Camp, BSA Camp Russell 1918 in Woodgate, NY, Wildcat Canyon, El Dora, Iowa 1933-1942, All 50 States including the District of Columbia, 15 World Jamborees, 1st National Jamboree and 13 others, Ashes from BSA Camp Spirit Lake, YMCA Camp Loowet, and the Girl Scout  Summer Camp lost to Mount Saint Helens 1980 Eruption. The Soil from Baden Powell’s Grave site which bears the symbol a circle and dot in the middle “Gone Home”, Over 100 Flag Retirements, over 65 countries around the world, My own 1996 Order of the Arrow Vigil campfire ashes at Camp Potosi, Many Eagle Courts of Honor, Ashes taken to the moon by Apollo 15; Life Scout David R. Scott, First Class Scout Alfred M. Worden, and James B Irwin, many BSA 75th Diamond Jubilee Campfire events, a Leaf collected from oak tree planted at the Jamestown, Virginia settlement on the 750th anniversary of the Magna Carta, Wood Badges 50th Reunion in 1976, My own Wood Badge campfire Ashes, Del Webb High Adventure Base Mountain Man Campfires and Summer Camp Campfires, and Kimball Scout Reservation Campfire Ashes from Camporees, Weborees, summer camps, OA ceremonies, Wood Badge Courses, Trainings, Unit Campouts and Special Occasions.

Last Updated 5-3-08