The Evolution to Venturing in the Boy Scouts of America
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the Venturing program in the Boy Scouts of America… sort of. Venturing was officially created by the BSA executive board on February 8th, 1998. The old Exploring program was completely reorganized and...What Was the First Scout Troop in the USA?
A simple question, right? And it stands to reason that the first Scout was in the first troop, right? Well, maybe it isn’t quite that simple afterall. Let’s take a look at these “firsts”. In November 1910, Troop #1 of Ridgefield Park, New...Campfire Memories in a Baggie
When Lord Robert Baden-Powell conducted the first (experimental) Scout camp on Brownsea Island in England in 1907, he started one of the first Scouting traditions. When the camp was over, he gave each attendee some of the ashes from their camp fire and kept some for...2023: the Return of Day Camps
2023 marks the return of outdoor summer “Cub Scout” fun in the Capitol Area Council… that’s right, Day Camp!
Cub Scouting Origins from 1911 to 1930
As early as 1911, Ernest Thompson Seton had developed a prototype program he named Cub Scouts of America that was never implemented. James E. West felt that having BSA divisions for younger boys (those under 12; the “younger boy problem”) would draw away...