History of the Boy Scouts of America 6 Articles

by Kristina Nelson

In 1909, William D. Boyce, a Chicago publisher, lost his way in a deep fog while traveling in London. Along his way, a Boy Scout assisted Mr. Boyce to his destination, and refused to take payment for his help. According to...read more

by Joseph Hazelbaker

Prior to the Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) official founding through incorporation as a corporate entity in 1910, there were numerous Boy-Scout-Like organizations throughout the United States. Many were modeled after the ...read more

by Wes Hall

I grew up in the River Bend of Seminole County, Oklahoma, during the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. In 1936, when I turned eleven, I read the amazing story about Lord Baden-Powell and the very first Boy Scouts in Lond...read more

by Juan Leer

The Boy Scouts of America is an organization that was first founded in 1910. Since then, it has become the largest youth organization in the United States. Since its inception over one hundred million people have been memb...read more

by Krystle Hernandez

The Boy Scouts of America organization was founded in the early 1900s a youth group centering on developing outdoor skills which would encourage education and promote certain values that earlier school systems were unequip...read more

by Chris Con

Like millions before me, I was a Boy Scout. Not a very good one, I never made Eagle, nor even came close. But a lot of things I learned have stayed with me for 40 years, and I remember it all like it was yesterday. Ro...read more