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  1. Courageous 12 Officer, Scout Leader Freddie Johnson (FL)

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  2. Rise and Fall of the Lewis and Clark Area Council (1927-1931) in Virginia’s Piedmont

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  3. BSA librarian helped start Children's Book Week

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  4. First Female Scoutmaster in Virginia in 1911..?

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  5. 100yrs of Scouting - Historical Society, Long Beach, CA

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  6. List of Early Eagle Scouts

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  7. Scouting History Page

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  8. Orange, Virginia's only black Boy Scout Troop

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  9. Early Scout Encampment at Quantico Marine Base

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  10. Obscure BP quote from an auction site

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  11. What happened in 1973? 1 2 3

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  12. Merit Badges of Yore...

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  13. Was there a Region One Canoe Base?

    By Feathers,
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  14. Early Scouting in Central Virginia

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  15. Drum Taps

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  • LATEST POSTS

    • RememberSchiff
      Section Hiking with local community service

      By RememberSchiff · Posted

      Scouts from Troops 448 (Boys)/4448 (Girls), in Salisbury, recently returned from a backpacking trip on the Appalachian Trail near Burkes Garden, Virginia, where seven Scouts and five adults challenged themselves hiking along Garden Mountain. The weekend-long adventure combined outdoor skills, conservation service and personal growth in one of the most remote valleys in the eastern United States. ... Scoutmaster Dr. Prachee Jain indicated that the hike adds another section to Troop 448’s long-term goal of hiking the entire Appalachian Trail.  “The troop began this journey back in the 2003 and over the years, our Scouts have completed roughly 140 continuous miles from Springer Mountain Georgia into North Carolina and numerous additional sections in N.C. and Virginia,” Jain said. “Each trip brings us closer to that goal while building memories.”  More at sources:  https://www.facebook.com/p/BSA-TroopCrew-448-Salisbury-NC-100068853911904/ https://www.salisburypost.com/2025/12/07/local-scout-troops-take-on-appalachian-trail-adventure/
    • mrjohns2
      Board of Reviews: Why Have Them

      By mrjohns2 · Posted

      This is a good approach. Also, if/when you sit on BORs, and the Scout clearly doesn't have a clue, go back to the SM and find out why. This is the feedback loop that the BOR should drive. 
    • scoutldr
      Port of LA terminating Scouting lease at Cabrillo Beach for Olympics

      By scoutldr · Posted

      That's the risk of pouring millions into improvements of a property you don't own.
    • mrjohns2
      Troops not meeting the week of Thanksgiving and over Christmas break? This is a thing now?

      By mrjohns2 · Posted

      Scouting's success is inversely proportional to how much scouting is like school.
    • RememberSchiff
      Port of LA terminating Scouting lease at Cabrillo Beach for Olympics

      By RememberSchiff · Posted

      "The Port of Los Angeles is terminating Scouting’s lease at Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro so that the site can be repurposed as a training center for national and international sailing teams in the 2028 Olympics, the Port said.... In 1982, the Scouts entered into a 30-year lease with the Port to construct and manage a youth camp facility, said Robert Scoular, a member of the board of directors and vice president of Greater LA Scouting. Scoular said the Scouts raised more than $3.6 million, including from filmmaker Steven Spielberg, to construct the Cabrillo Beach Youth Center, which spans over 12 acres and includes waterfront access, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, campgrounds, an archery range, a crafts center, an amphitheater and a kitchen.  Once the lease expired, the Scouts remained on a month-to-month agreement for more than a decade, Phillip Sanfield, a spokesperson for the Port, said. The terms of the lease said that if occupancy ended, the Scouts forfeited ownership to the Port, Scoular said. "   More at Source: https://lbpost.com/news/cabrillo-beach-scout-camp-evicted-boy-scouts-olympics-sailing/  
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