All Blog Posts Tagged 'Anniversary' (3)

The Boy Scouts of America turns 100 years old this month. That's a century of merit badges, campfires, bowlines, half-hitches, jamborees and camporees, first aid and community service. Guest host Audie Cornish talks to Marcos Nava, who heads up Hispanic Initiatives for the Boy Scouts, and actor Jon Heder, an Eagle Scout and star of the film Napoleon Dynamite. Check it out:…

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Nice story from NPR on the 100th Anniversary and Scouting... leaders working with a troop of Scouts with disabilities: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123378499

We have a local troop that also serves similar Scouts with disabilities: Troop 1055. If this story touches your heart or know of someone who would like to help, contact…

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Heads up, coin collectors! The U.S. Mint has unveiled its final design for the Boy Scouts of America’s Centennial Silver Dollar.



The obverse (heads) side shows a Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and Venturer, and the reverse (tails) side depicts the BSA’s iconic fleur-de-lis emblem. Some of the inscriptions are ones you’re used to seeing on a coin: “In God We Trust,” “Liberty,” and “E Pluribus Unum.”



The rest of the text is unique to… Continue