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  • [ July 7, 2025 ] Rocketry team made up of Scouts BSA members brings home international championship App Feed - Scouts BSA
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History of Scouting

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Points in history: Three things to know about why Scouts use the fleur-de-lis

January 13, 2021 9

Where else might you find the fleur-de-lis? Why did Baden-Powell choose it to represent Scouting? And what does the symbol mean today?

Alumni

Help solve the mystery of this 1965 photo showing Scouts, heavyweight boxers

June 12, 2020 0

A Maine newspaper is trying to solve the mystery of a 1965 photo that depicts six Scouts and two heavyweight boxing champs.

Alumni

On the 100th year since the 19th Amendment, let’s look how Scouts stood with suffragists

March 5, 2020 2

Report to the Nation delegates toured the Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument in Washington, D.C.

Joseph Merton with Boy Scouts
Alumni

Saluting Joseph Merton, Tuskegee Airmen pilot and barrier-breaking BSA professional

February 21, 2020 3

In honor of Black History Month, let’s remember Joseph Merton, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen and the first black leader of the BSA’s older youth division.

Alumni

10 facts about the first Wood Badge course to celebrate its 100th anniversary

September 6, 2019 9

Over a span of nearly two weeks, they experienced a course that offered “practical instruction as to how a camp should be run.”

Alumni

What was the first Scout troop in the U.S.? The answer isn’t so simple

March 28, 2019 87

Which Boy Scouts of America troop was the first in existence? That’s a surprisingly difficult question to answer, but here’s what we know.

Alumni

Scouts have met with every sitting president at the White House since Taft

March 12, 2019 0

It’s a tradition dating back almost as far as the BSA itself. Scouts have met with every sitting president in the White House since 1911.

History of Scouting

Here are 18 of the best Scouts BSA patrol names so far

March 4, 2019 108

For Scouts BSA patrols, a name unites new and old friends. What’s more, it gives Scouts a chance to express their originality.

Alumni

Book goes ‘Back to Gilwell’ to uncover ‘The History of Wood Badge in the United States’

February 28, 2019 19

A new book published by the Boy Scouts of America tracks the fascinating history of Wood Badge from its founding in 1919 to today.

Alumni

Geek out on Scouting history at the National Scouting Historian Summit

January 24, 2019 6

Youth and adult Scouting historians are invited to attend the first-ever National Scouting Historian Summit this June at the Philmont Training Center.

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