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What Jimmy Stewart said about the Scout Oath

February 2, 2017 28

“I happen to believe that the man who was a Scout is a better man for it,” Jimmy Stewart told a crowd in 1980 in Los Angeles.

Scouts and presidential inaugurations have a long, fascinating past

January 17, 2017 27

It started in 1913 with Woodrow Wilson, and Boy Scouts and Explorers have served at every presidential inauguration celebration ever since.

12 classic Scouting cartoons from 1969

January 12, 2017 4

A bugle alarm clock, a Good Turn at the soda shop and the sweet reason to select a Den Mother are among the subjects of these Scouting cartoons.

Lamar Wallace, likely the oldest living Eagle Scout, turns 105

January 11, 2017 6

Lamar Wallace, born Nov. 28, 1911, is the oldest living Eagle Scout of which officials at the National Eagle Scout Association are aware.

John Glenn, first American to orbit Earth, father of Eagle Scout, dies at 95

December 8, 2016 2

John H. Glenn Jr., the first American to orbit the Earth, a Silver Buffalo Award recipient and the father of an Eagle Scout, has died. He was 95.

After Pearl Harbor was attacked, Boy Scouts sprang into action

December 7, 2016 8

On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, the Scouts’ freshly acquired skills were tested quicker and more severely than any Scout could have anticipated.

National Scouting Museum to relocate to Philmont Scout Ranch in 2018

December 6, 2016 32

The BSA announced it will move the National Scouting Museum to Philmont Scout Ranch in northern New Mexico from its current home in Irving, Texas.

Last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, the BSA didn’t yet exist

October 25, 2016 2

In 1908, the year the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, the Boy Scouts of America didn’t yet exist. The BSA was founded Feb. 8, 1910 — 482 days later.

Donn Fendler, whose Scout training helped him survive 9 days lost in Maine as a boy, dies at 90

October 12, 2016 2

Donn Fendler, who says his Scout training and faith in God helped him survive nine days lost in the woods of Maine at age 12, has died. He was 90.

At Philmont, Baltimore Scouts meet the man who founded their troop

September 27, 2016 7

In 1971, Kevin Dowling started Troop 918 in the Baltimore Area Council. In 2016, he watched current-day members of Troop 918 visit Philmont for a trek.