Juliette Gordon Lows Travels

Above is a picture of her passport

Today is Juliette Gordon Lows birthday. To celebrate let’s celebrate the founder of Girl Scouts by exploring some places around the world that she visite. Juliette, or “Daisy” as she was sometimes called, traveled to many places. Here are some of them.

Savannah, Georgia (Birthplace)

This is her hometown and the birthplace of Girl Scouts. Celebrate Juliette by planning a trip to visit her hometown. Learn about top Savannah sites on the Savannah travel post.

Above is a picture of the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low. You can visit her birthplace in Savannah.

London, England

The Lows spent their social season in London. She helped design her home in Warwickshire in England using her skills in woodworking and metalworking. At this home, she hosted many parties and even hosted the Prince of Wales. London was also the place that changed both her life and ours. In London in the year 1911, she sat next to Sir Baden Powell at a Luncheon. He founded Boy Scouts and inspired Juliette to start Girl Scouts.

This is an image of Juliette and Sir Baden Powell

Scotland

The highlands of Scotland served as a hunting ground for her and her family. She formed a patrol for local Girl Guides near her home in Scotland. In Scotland she would enjoy the scenery, the bagpipes, and even the Scottish pastime curling. Her family would spent multiple months in the fall at Meggernie Castle in central Scotland. She described the castle in the snow like this “It looks like what we used to read in fairy tales of turreted castles...” Learn more at http://www.stacycordery.com/juliette-gordon-low/juliette-gordon-low-the-scottish-national-pastime-19-november-2010/

This house is Meggernie Castle

India and what is now Pakistan

Juliette, her niece, and another friend traveled to India. She wrote to her family describing the accounts of her trip. Some of the places she visited included Manchuria, Madras, Calcutta, Benares, Lahore, Delhi, and Bombay. You can read some of the accounts of her trip at https://dlg.usg.edu/record/jglow_jglowc_arc003376-01

This is an account of Juliettes trip to India from her diary.

Egypt

On Christmas Eve 1907, she and a few others left New York on a ship. They arrived in England before taking another boat to Cherbourg, France. Eventually they reached Naples and Pompeii, Italy where they explored the historical sites. On the 9th of January they reached Port Said, Egypt. Here she explored the Suez Canal. Read more about this at http://www.stacycordery.com/juliette-gordon-low/juliette-gordon-low-in-ceylon-1908/