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- ... that the majority of local councils of the Boy Scouts of America have gone through thousands of name changes, merges, splits and re-creations since the establishment of the organization in 1910?
- ...that Resica Falls Scout Reservation contains a museum displaying 19th-century tannery village relics and local Native American artifacts going back to 500 BC?
- ...that Scouts' Day is a special day observed by members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement throughout the year when all Scouts re-affirm the Scout Promise?
- ...that the Unami Lodge was the founding chapter of the Boy Scouts of America's Order of the Arrow?
- ... that Bermuda's L.F. Wade International Airport manager James G. Howes (pictured) was lampooned using signal flags to direct air traffic from atop the control tower in a Boy Scout uniform?
- ...in 2017 the BSA Cub Scouts program (ages 5-11) in the USA went coed, and in 2018 Scouts BSA Troops (ages 11-17) admitted girls to their formerly all-boy units.[1]
- ^ Lewis, Sophie (2019-02-01). "Girls can join Boy Scouts: Starting today, girls can officially join the Boy Scouts of America - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2024-09-16.