Do you remember the USS Boy Scout?
I wrote about Boy Scout last May, having found the name and photograph while researching at the Department of Navy—Naval Historical Center, looking for old photographs that showed the Stars and Stripes.
Historical photographs are indexed in myriad ways, but not by whether the U.S. flag is included in [...]
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Is there a special Boy Scout in your life? Looking for the gift of a lifetime? How about this beauty!
In celebration of 100 years of Boy Scouting, the Henry Repeating Arms Company has built the Henry Golden Boy “Boy Scouts of America Centennial Edition” Rifle.
This special rifle features the Scout Oath, Scout Law, scrollwork [...]
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Posted in History, Information, Scouting on Aug 12th, 2008
The five national park service projects of ArrowCorp5 are finished. There are several ways to quantify the value of this work, but for the young men themselves, the value is immeasurable.
In the years and decades to come, each young man will remember one very hard week in the sun, and see how his [...]
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Posted in History, Scouting on Aug 4th, 2008
From The Daily Times in Farmington, New Mexico.
World War II icon dies at 82: Rockwell model inspired scouts to aid country, community
By James Monteleone The Daily Times
08/04/2008 12:00:00 AM MDT
AZTEC — Boy Scouts of America lost its poster face last week when Arthur Robert Hamilton died in Aztec at the age of 82.
Bob [...]
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Posted in History, Scouting on Jul 30th, 2008
Four down, and Bridger-Teton will be completed this week.
Time to check in with ArrowCorps5 and see how those Scouts are doing. Video is here for Shasta-Trinity National Forest, and Washington & Jefferson National Forests.
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