The first Sunday in Feb. is National
Scout Sunday a day that celebrates
the founding
of BSA in Feb. of 1910.
All scouts are encouraged to wear their uniform to Church
(any church)
on Sunday.
The founding of BSA:
One day in 1909 in London, England, An American Visitor, William D.
Boyce, lost his way in a dense fog. He stopped under a street lamp and
tried to figure out where he was. A boy approached him and asked if he
could be of help.
"You certainly can," said Boyce. He told the boy that
he wanted to find a certain business office in the center of the city.
"I'll take you there," said the boy.
When they got to the destination, Mr. Boyce reached into his pocket
for a tip. But the boy stopped him.
"No thank you, sir. I am a Scout. I won't take anything for
helping."
"A Scout? And what might that be?" asked Boyce.
The boy told the American about himself and about his brother
scouts. Boyce became very interested. After finishing his meeting, he
had the boy take him to the British Scouting office.
At the office, Boyce met Lord Robert Baden-Powell, the famous
British general who had founded the Scouting movement in Great Britain.
Boyce was so impressed with what he learned that he decided to bring
Scouting home with him.
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On February 8, 1910, Boyce and a group of outstanding leaders
founded the Boy Scouts of America. From that day forth, Scouts have
celebrated February 8 as the birthday of Scouting in the United States.
What happened to the boy who helped Mr.Boyce find his way in the
fog? No one knows. He had neither asked for money nor given his name,
but he will never be forgotten. His Good Turn helped bring the scouting
movement to our country.
One Good Turn to one man became a Good Turn to
millions of American Boys. Such is the power of a Good Turn.
From
http://www.scoutingaround.com/boy_scouts/History/index.php
"The Daily
Good Turn" by Norman Rockwell
William D.
Boyce with the unknown Scout
Robert Baden-Powell
Founded the Scouting movement in Great Britain in 1907.
Baden-Powell to tested his ideas for the book Scouting for Boys n 1907.
Twenty boys from different social backgrounds participated from August
1 to August 8, 1907 in activities around camping, observation,
woodcraft, chivalry, lifesaving and patriotism. Recognized as the
world's first Scout camp, the event is the origin of the worldwide
Scout movement.
That first camp was on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbor, southern
England.
This first Boy Scouting event, the boys did not have uniform shirts,
but they did wear khaki scarves and were presented with brass
fleur-de-lis badges, the first use of the Scout emblem. They also wore
a colored knot on their shoulder indicating their patrol: green for
Bulls, blue for Wolves, yellow for Curlews, and red for Ravens. The
patrol leader carried a staff with a flag depicting the patrol animal.
After passing tests on knots, tracking, and the national flag, they
were given another brass badge, a scroll with the words Be Prepared, to
wear below the fleur-de-lis.
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