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  • [ January 27, 2023 ] Eight ideas for staying warm while cold-weather camping App Feed - Outdoors
  • [ January 26, 2023 ] Eagle Scout project addresses the need to Be Prepared if someone has a seizure App Feed - Eagle Scouts
  • [ January 25, 2023 ] Worth reading: Eagle Scout sets goal to meet every mayor in his state App Feed - Eagle Scouts
  • [ January 24, 2023 ] Eagle Scout adds name to the few that have completed the Race Across America App Feed
  • [ January 23, 2023 ] “I can’t believe it’s something I’ve actually done”: NESA’s World Explorers share details of their experience App Feed - Eagle Scouts

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The heroic Scouts from the Missouri train derailment have returned home

July 1, 2022 7

The Scouts and adult volunteers that were onboard the train are heroes who performed brilliantly in an unimaginably difficult situation.

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In this turbulent world, there’s still a lot to learn from the late Gail Halvorsen — ‘Berlin Candy Bomber’ and father of 3 Eagle Scouts

April 19, 2022 0

After talking to one of his three Eagle Scout sons, we can provide a bit of the untold story of Gail Halvorsen, the “Berlin Candy Bomber.”

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William Hanna, half of famed duo that created The Flintstones and Yogi Bear, was an Eagle Scout

March 14, 2022 1

Before he joined Joseph Barbera to form the animation team behind The Jetsons and Yogi Bear, William Hanna became an Eagle Scout.

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How many U.S. presidents were involved in Scouting in their youth?

February 21, 2022 3

Of the 12 U.S. presidents who had not yet turned 18 by the time the Boy Scouts of America was founded in 1910, at least six were involved in Scouting in their youth.

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Congressmen introduce resolution to name Feb. 8, 2022, “Boy Scouts of America Day”

February 9, 2022 2

Glenn Thompson, a Republican from Pennsylvania, and Sanford Bishop, a Democrat from Georgia, introduced a resolution celebrating the BSA’s 112th birthday, and recognizing Feb. 8, 2022, as Boy Scouts of America Day.

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Charles McGee, Distinguished Eagle Scout and Tuskegee Airman, dies at 102

January 21, 2022 4

Charles E. McGee, a Distinguished Eagle Scout and member of the Tuskegee Airmen, died on Jan. 16. He was 102.

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BSA’s Roger C. Mosby receives Bronze Wolf, highest award in World Scouting

January 14, 2022 0

The World Scout Committee announced that it has presented the Bronze Wolf, the highest honor in World Scouting, to BSA Chief Scout Executive Roger C. Mosby.

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E.O. Wilson, Eagle Scout biologist known as ‘The Ant Man,’ dies at 92

December 31, 2021 1

E.O. Wilson, a Distinguished Eagle Scout and visionary scientist, died on Dec. 26 in Massachusetts. He was 92.

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Paul McCartney says his time as a Scout in England inspired the song ‘Eleanor Rigby’ 

November 3, 2021 4

Paul McCartney was a Scout as a boy, and he recently shared the story of how a Scouting experience inspired the song “Eleanor Rigby.”

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Earl Old Person, former Scout and chief of the Blackfeet Nation, dies at 92  

October 25, 2021 0

Blackfeet Chief Earl Old Person, a former Scout who was the longest-serving elected tribal official in the country, has died. He was 92.

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