Scouting Programs
When the boys scouts of America was founded
What is 1910?
His love of nature and what sparked the idea for Scouting
The British Army
The first edition of the handbook was written by him.
Who is Ernest Thompson Seton?
Shape of the original Merit Badges
Square
July 30, 1920 to August 8, 1920
When was the first world scout jamboree held in London?
It is the co-ed Scouting program for hobbies and interests
What is Venturers?
The name of the experimental camp by Baden Powell that led to the formation of the Scout movement
What is Brownsea Island?
He illustrated novels including Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
Who is Dan Beard?
It was originally the highest award in Boy Scouts.
What is 1st class?
The Boy Scouts logo features an eagle on this French-named item, a stylized lily.
What is a fleur-de-lis?
The book by Rudyard Kipling that was used as a framework for the Cub Scout program.
What is the Jungle Book
Location he is buried
Kenya
The year the rank of Eagle was added.
What is 1912?
The first Scout to go on to be the president was this man who, in a youthful letter to his father Joe, asked for a bigger allowance to buy canteens and other Scout supplies.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
He donated land and money to the Boy Scouts of American in New Mexico.
Who is Waite Phillips
His family name
What is Stephe (pronounced “Stevie”)
Total number of Badges of Merit in the 1910 BSA Handbook
14
They were: Ambulance, Clerk, Cycling, Electrician, Fireman, Gardener, Horseman, Marksmanship, Master-at-Arms, Musician, Pioneer, Seamanship, Signaler, and Stalkers.
In 1907, the first four groups in this organization started in England were the Bulls, the Wolves, the Curlews & the Ravens.
What are the Boy Scouts?
Prior to WW1 the scouts wore their badge of rank here.
On the front of their campaign hats.
Lord Baden Powell's final vision for Scouting
It is because of his influence that the scouting program includes so much in Indianlore and nature.
Who is Ernest Thompson Seton?
The least earned merit badge in the Boy Scouts of America's history
The Invention merit badge
Only 10 earned between 1911 and 1914. The badge required Scouts to invent and patent a useful item.
For an incredible 50 years, 1926-76, he illustrated the official Boy Scout calendar.
Who is Norman Rockwell?