Boy Scout Day 
When : Always February 8th
Boy Scout Day celebrates the birthday of Scouting in America. On February
8, 1910, Chicago publisher William Dickson Boyce filed incorporation papers
in the District of Columbia to create the Boy Scouts of America.
Scouting groups across the country celebrate this day. Often a cake will
be served at the weekly meeting or on a campout. Scout Sunday, the Sunday
nearest the 8th of February, will often be marked with a church service,
followed by a pancake breakfast.
Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts offer a tremendously valuable program of life skills
and values for millions of boys. It has been popular ever since Lord Baden-Powell
founded Boy Scouts in the early 1900s in Great Brittain. The top award of
Eagle Scout, is an accomplishment that reaps recognition, rewards, and benefits
for a young man throughout his life.
Interesting Scouting Facts:
In 2004, there were 3,145,331 Boys in the scouting program, and 1,173,064
scout leaders. Source: BSA website.
British Lord Robert Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scouts in Brittain. In 1907,
he published the first scouting manual, titled Scouting for Boys.
Lord Robert Baden-Powell was born on February 22, 1857.
Lady Olave Baden-Powell, founded Girl Guides. The wife of Lord Baden-Powell,
she was also born on February 22 (1889).
The Boy Scout motto is "Do a good turn daily."
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