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Robert Baden-Powell
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Scouting is born
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William D. Boyce
Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is born Daniel
Carter Beard
Ernest Thompson
Seton
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First Issue of Boys’ Life First Eagle Scout – Arthur Eldred
Scouts enrolled in all 48 states
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1915 - Order of the Arrow is Founded
1916 – “Wolf Cubbing” becomes part of British
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Woodrow Wilson declares the first National Boy Scout Week
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1928 – Sea Scout Paul A. Siple Accompanies Commander Byrd
to the Antartic
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program is launched in America
1937 – First National Jamboree in Washington
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finance Urban Scouting
1941 – Waite Phillips donates land for Philmont Scout
Ranch
1941 – Robert Baden Powell dies
1943 – First Blue & Gold Banquet
1949 – Over one million
registered Cub Scouts
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1950 - The first Boy Scouts stamp is
issued by the U.S. Post Office Dept.
1955 – 1st Official Pinewood Derby
1956 – Boys’ Life circulation
passes 1 million & is among the
top 17 American magazines
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1964 – The National Summertime Award is created to encourage year
round Cub Scouting
1965 • Cub Scouts > 3 million boys• 500,000th Eagle Scout• 40th million Scout registered
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1970 – Project SOAR (Save Our American
Resources) is launched
1978 - Public Service advertising campaign featuring Gerald Ford
1978 - Five ranks are established for Cub Scouting: Bobcat, Wolf, Bear, Webelos, and Arrow of Light
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• BSA’s 70th anniversary• Cub Scouting 50th • 30 millionth Cub Scout
1982 – Tiger Cub program field tested and
implemented
1986 – BSA is touched by the Challenger disaster as two crew
members were active in Scouting as youths – Lt. Col. Ellison S. Onizuka (Eagle Scout) and Dr. Ronald E. McNair (Star rank)
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Distinguished Citizen of the World Commendation
1991 – BSA funds training leaders in the former Soviet Union and the writing of the Russian Scout handbook
1992 – Bilingual publication of Scouting literature is increased
to serve Spanish-speaking parents and leaders
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2004 – Official Tiger Cub Uniform changed to blue shirt with orange
neckerchief
2007 – 100th Anniversary of
Scouting. 21st World Jamboree held in
England
2005 – 75th Anniversary of
Scouting
2007 – Boys’ Life wins Best Youth Periodical of the
Year
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100 Years of Scouting100 millionth youth
registered in Scouting; Membership exceeds 25
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Good Turn for America launched 2010 – BSA’s
100th Anniversary
2008 – Our Blue and Gold Banquet
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“The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.”
- Lord Baden Powell
