Witchflower Days: Scouts and Women of Letters

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Tuesday, February 8, 2005

Scouts and Women of Letters

On this day in 1910 Boy Scouts of America was incorporated as a youth organization in the U.S. A British Army Officer, Robert Baden-Powell, after returning from war in South Africa, felt young people in England had become soft and undisciplined. He said, "[Young people today are] without... Sign in to see full entry.

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