Scouting History
What is 11?
The symbol of Scouting is the fleur-de-lis, or in English, this type of flower (also popularly used as a symbol of the Immaculate Conception!)
What is a lily?
This case, whose defendant's full name ends "of Topeka, Kansas", was a 1954 landmark decision which overruled the precedent from Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The only president to ever serve more than two terms, this New Yorker was also the reason modern inaugurations happen in January rather than March.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
The "shot heard 'round the world", so called for the opening line of an Emerson poem, was fired in this Massachusetts suburb, home to Minute Man National Park
What is Lexington?
While Baden-Powell's original English Scout Law contained 9 points, the modern BSA Scout Law contains 12, with these three points supposedly being added in accordance with Native American values.
What are Brave, Clean, and Reverent?
What are Truth and Knowledge?
This 1857 case - commonly cited as the Court's worst decision and which Charles Hughes called SCOTUS's "greatest self-inflicted wound" - bolstered the antebellum south by de jure legalizing slavery.
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford?
This founding father, the subject of the other American history musical (sorry, Lin-Manuel!), was an experienced diplomat before becoming the first vice president.
Who is John Adams?
Welcome to The Jungle! We've got... exposure of corruption in the meatpacking industry, written by this famous American socialist and journalist.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
The International Scouting Day falls on this date every year, commemorating Lord Robert Baden-Powell's birthday.
What is February 22nd?
Though they are perhaps not directly involved in Scouting, BSA has an Honorary Chair position, which is awarded to this individual.
Who is the US President?
This case - whose result can commonly be seen in cop shows - changed the way the Fifth Amendment was typically interpreted, giving the right not to be "compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against [one]self" a much catchier phrasing.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
When asked if the public approved of this First Lady's replacing of the White House China (seen as vain and out-of-touch)... "Just Say No!"
Who is Nancy Reagan?
What is Utah?
The first 12 Scouting Medals, symbolizing the Spirit of Scouting and corresponding to points of the Scout Law, were designed by this prolific American artist.
Who is Norman Rockwell?
(DAILY DOUBLE!)
The Girl Scouts of the USA has six ranks: Daisy, Brownie, Junior, Cadette, Senior and this official-sounding title, which unfortunately bears no diplomacy powers.
What is Ambassador?
The anti-war black armbands that were responsible for this Iowa case represented a victory for free speech in schools (later partially overturned by Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier)
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
Things named after this 19th century oil magnate include an Avenue in Paris, a Straße in Munich, and Halls at Cornell and Vassar - and a much more famous Center named after his son.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
This first founding document of the English colonies in the Americas, signed by only 41 out of 101 passengers, included a statement of loyalty to King James VI/I.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Established January 26, 1908, and eventually enveloped by Baden-Powell's movement, the group with the claim to be the first continually-operating Scout Group is located here.
Where is Glasgow, Scotland?
Scouting America is the second-largest scouting organization in the world - the largest is in this island nation.
What is Indonesia?
This unanimous decision ruled that wartime speech could be unprotected under the First Amendment where peacetime speech would be protected - so maybe cool it on the draft-dodging, Charles!
What is Schenck v. United States?
This investigative journalist born 1862 in Mississippi documented her horrific findings on the lynchings without trials common in the south in The Red Record, a scathing indictment of the failures of due process.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
As Malvina Reynolds sang in 1962, the post-WWII period saw an enormous increase in mass-produced suburban housing ("little boxes made of ticky-tacky"), most notably with this Long Island suburb, named after the "father of American suburbia".
What is Levittown?