page_title: Unknown Scout
section_title: Silver Buffalo Award
hierarchical_section_title: Unknown Scout / Silver Buffalo Award
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph pf the Silver Buffalo citation presented to the Unknown Scout. Gilwell Park Museum,Epping Forest, England
context_page_description: The 'Unknown Scout' was an anonymous member of The Boy Scout Association in the United Kingdom whose good turn inspired William D. Boyce to form the Boy Scouts of America.
context_section_description: In 1926, the second presentation of the Silver Buffalo Award was to the Unknown Scout.  That award resides in the museum at Gilwell Park.
  In addition to the award, a statue of a buffalo was presented with a plaque, inscribed:
  To the Unknown Scout Whose Faithfulness in the Performance of the Daily Good turn Brought the Scout Movement to the United States of America.
  On July 4, 1926, the statue was presented to Edward, the Prince of Wales and Baden-Powell by Amory Houghton, the United States Ambassador and a member of the National Council of the BSA.  The statue was initially emplaced on a tree stump and later moved to the current brick pedestal located on what is now known as the Buffalo Lawn behind the White House at Gilwell Park.
caption: Silver Buffalo award and citation presented to the Unknown Scout
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