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This category is intended for council-level and lower articles about the Boy Scouts of America. For BSA national level camps, see Category:National camps of the Boy Scouts of America. Please refer to WP:S-BSA for project guidelines on notability and layout for BSA articles at the council level and below.
Merged with Calumet Council, Chicago Area Council, Northwest Suburban Council: Pathway to Adventure Council: 49: Desert Pacific Council: San Diego: California: 1993: 2004: Name changed to San Diego-Imperial: San Diego-Imperial 49 29: Desert Trails Council: Yuma: Arizona: 1959: 1993: Merged with of San Diego 49: San Diego County 49 262: Detroit ...
Local councils of the Boy Scouts of America The Ideal Scout, a statue by R. Tait McKenzie in front of the Bruce S. Marks Scout Resource Center, the former headquarters of the Cradle of Liberty Council in Philadelphia Scouting portal The program of the Boy Scouts of America is administered through 248 local councils, with each council covering a geographic area that may vary from a single city ...
The Boy Scouts did not track the race of scouts who earned the rank of Eagle. For many years it was thought that Edgar Cunningham, who earned his rank in 1926 as a member of Troop 12 in Waterloo, Iowa in what was then Wapsipinicon Area Council, was the first black recipient of the Eagle rank. [362] [363]
William Dickson Boyce (June 16, 1858 – June 11, 1929) was an American newspaper man, entrepreneur, magazine publisher, and explorer. He was the founder of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and the short-lived Lone Scouts of America (LSA). [1]
Bert Adams is located south of Covington, Georgia, situated on Lake Bulow Campbell; the camp is one of three major BSA summer camps in the Atlanta Area Council. [1] The camp is named after Albert S. "Bert" Adams, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] a "beloved leader in the city of Atlanta ", [ 2 ] and the president of what was then called the "Atlanta Council of the ...
After his death in 1937, the award was renamed in Dr. Hornaday's honor and became a Boy Scouts of America award. In 1975, the present awards program was established with funding help from DuPont, with the Bronze and Silver Medals being created for youth, and a separate Gold Medal for adult Scouters created as well.
The Three Fires Council of the Boy Scouts of America is located in Illinois. In 1992, it was formed from the merger of Two Rivers Council and DuPage Area Council (named for Dupage County); it was briefly called "Two Rivers-DuPage Area Council". Its council service center is located in St. Charles, Illinois. [citation needed]