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Neil Armstrong’s Scout hat, Silver Buffalo Award among items to be sold by Heritage Auctions

October 31, 2018 0

A collection of memorabilia from Neil Armstrong’s time in Scouting, including his Boy Scout hat and Silver Buffalo Award, will be auctioned off.

Troop opens time capsule buried for two decades, and this is what they found

October 26, 2018 0

In 1999, the Scouts of Troop 463 buried a time capsule with instructions not to open it until 2018. Nearly 20 years later, they made good on that promise.

Fastest-flying Scout flag in history now in a museum where it belongs

October 18, 2018 2

In 1969, Star Scout Tom Stafford carried the flag from his boyhood troop into space. The Apollo 10 capsule, and the flag inside, set a speed record.

10 Scouting facts you probably didn’t know about Eagle Scout Neil Armstrong

October 10, 2018 6

Before he became the “First Man” on the moon, Neil Armstrong became an Eagle Scout. Here’s the story you might not know.

This was the least-earned merit badge in BSA history

September 28, 2018 19

Let’s look back at why this merit badge was discontinued and what we know about the 10 Scouts who earned it during the three years it was available.

See inside the new National Scouting Museum at Philmont Scout Ranch

September 26, 2018 4

More than 600 people, including the New Mexico governor and BSA Chief Scout Executive, formally dedicated the National Scouting Museum at Philmont.

If you went to Philmont after 1965, your photo is in the Philmont Photo Archive

September 1, 2018 18

The Philmont Photo Archive includes more than 240,000 photos of expeditions, individual treks and Philmont Training Center courses from 1966 to today.

This Scout found a lost Eagle medal. Can we help him get it back to its owner?

August 24, 2018 29

When a Scout from North Carolina found, among his grandmother’s possessions, an old Eagle Scout medal and six Eagle Palms, his reaction was instant: “I wish we could return it to its owner.”

Eagle Scout business leader recalls the time when Neil Armstrong drove him to his council’s Eagle dinner

August 10, 2018 4

Dave Alexander’s passion for Scouting was launched into orbit when the Eagle Scout met the other Eagle Scout: Neil Armstrong, then an X-15 pilot who would become the first man on the moon.

New York Scouter, who once met Daniel Carter Beard, turns 104 years young

July 4, 2018 1

Gardner F. Watts has seen Babe Ruth hit a home run. Twice. He once met Calvin Coolidge. But perhaps his most impressive memory is the time Daniel Carter Beard told him a six-word piece of advice he still remembers today.