Baden-Powell grave

Baden-Powell grave
Baden-Powell grave
Details
Established	1941
Location	Nyeri County
Country	Kenya
Coordinates	0°25′08″S 36°57′00″E / 0.418968°S 36.950117°E / -0.418968; 36.950117
Owned by	St. Peter's Cemetery

The graves of Lieutenant-General The 1st Baron Baden-Powell and his wife, Olave, Baroness Baden-Powell, G.B.E., are in Nyeri, Nyeri County, Kenya, near Mount Kenya. Lord Baden-Powell died on 8 January 1941, and is buried in St. Peter's Cemetery in the Wajee Nature Park. When his wife Olave, Lady Baden-Powell, died, her ashes were sent to Kenya and interred beside her husband. Kenya has declared Baden-Powell's grave a national monument. Scouts consider the grave, "one of the most revered shrines and pilgrimage sites in the world."