August 2007 - - Cub Scout Pack 1 (Monroe, NC)

August 2007

A Century of Scouting
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Scouting by learning about Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the Scouting movement. Take an imaginary trip to the very first Scout camp on Brownsea Island. Learn how Scouting came to the US and about the beginnings of Cub Scouting here. What famous Americans “present and past” were in Scouting? Find people in your town or family who were Scouts and make a pack scrapbook of their memories. Learn how Scouts in other parts of the world are celebrating the 100th anniversary. Make a time capsule for the Cub Scouts in your town to open on Scouting’s 200th birthday.

One Hundred Years of Scouting

One hundred years ago, a man had recently come back home after serving his country to find that boys were buying and reading a guidebook h had written for the soldiers he led. Seeing the interest in his writings inspired him to take a small group of boys to Brownsea Island to go camping. There he wrote the book Scouting for Boys. Base on these writings by Robert Baden Powell Scouting quickly grew into the worldwide movement we know today. This month we celebrate 100 years of traditions and values for character development. Let’s have some fun here on Brownsea Island.

Scouting Time Line

1907 Brownsea Island Experiment
1908 Scouting for Boys published
1910 First BSA Camp held
1911 Handbook for Boys published
1912 First Eagle Scout
1917 BSA began home front war service
1919 First Wood Badge at Gilwell Park
1920 First World Jamboree - London
1925 Over 1 million BSA members
1928 First Sea Scout in Antarctica
1930 Cubbing started
1931 First Silver Beaver awarded
1934 FDR asks scouts to collect for needy
1937 First National Jamboree
1938 Waite Phillips donates Philmont
1941 Webelos rank created
1943 First Blue & Gold Banquet
1944 World Friendship Fund started
1949 Explorer Scouting started
1950 First BSA postage stamp issued
1954 National Conservation Good Turn
1955 First Pinewood Derby held
1959 Bobcat pin introduced
1960 BSA’s Golden Jubilee celebrated
1961 BSA Inter-Racial Service launched
1965 500,000th Eagle Badge presented
1967 Lion rank discontinued in Cub Scouts
1971 Exploring magazine published
1973 National Eagle Scout Association begun
1976 Women allowed to become Cubmasters
1979 National headquarters moves to Texas
1980 50th Anniversary of Cub Scouting
1981 New Scoutmaster Handbook issued
1982 Tiger Cubs introduced
1984 Varsity Scouting launched
1988 First Scouting for Food
1989 Venture Program introduced
1991 Ethics in Action and BSA Family started
1992 Cub Scout Academics program started
2000 “Climb on Safely” for Cubs introduced
2001 Character Connections/Core Values
2002 “Leave No Trace” introduced
2004 National “Good Turn for America”
2007 75th Anniversary of Cub Scouting

August – Remembering Our Past and Others

August 1 – Francis Scott Key (Writer of The Star Spangled Banner) was born on August 1, 1779.

August 4 – Coast Guard Day U. S. Coast Guard established, August 4, 1790

August 5 – Friendship Day - International

August 6 – Peace Day

August 7 – National Night Out - "America's Night Out Against Crime" First Tuesday in August between 7 and 10PM

August 16 – Bennington Battle Day (Vermont)

August 19 – Aviation Day, National US (in observance of Orville Wright's birthday)

August 21 – Statehood Day – Hawaii

August 29 – First Scout Camp Opened 1934, Brownsea Island

Webelos Badges
Naturalist and Forester

To learn more about the history of Scouting, visit
http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/history/

Find a Scout museum in your state: http://usscouts.org/usscouts/scoutmuseums.asp scroll down to United States and click on a state – check out a museum before going there, some are in private locations, run by dedicated volunteers – some have only addresses, so allow time to send for information. But take a look!

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