Scout Troops of St. Andrew the Apostle Parish
Scouting as we know it has always been outdoor oriented. Seven years after Lord Baden-Powell started scouting in Great Britain, a young scoutmaster in America decided to take the outdoors aspect of scouting to the next level. In 1915, we have to remember that scouting in America was still in
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When scouting began back in 1910, there was no "Eagle" scout rank. The "Eagle" scout rank began as a sort of "supper Merit Badge" along with the Star and Life Ranks of today. In fact at the beginning, Robert S. S. Baden-Powell, the British founder of worldwide Scouting, planned to
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During the proofing of the June 1911 “Official Handbook for Boys”, it stated that the highest award presented to a scout would be “Wolf Scout.” Then two months later when the same handbook was released again in August, the highest award would be the “Eagle Scout.” In 1911, Eagle was
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The formal birth of the worldwide Scouting movement is considered to be the first campout, from 1 August through 8 August in 1907, taken by Robert Baden-Powell, at the age of 50, and 20 boys he invited. There seems to be some contention as to whether the number of boys
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I would like to start a series of articles that shed light on how the Boy Scouts of America came to be. I am going to start with arguably the most famous of the individuals given credit to be on the list. It is probably known by very few that
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