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Boy Scouts of America

Class GV Main/Index sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons category, quotes. The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with 2.7 million youth members and over 1 million adult volunteers. Since its founding in 1910 as part of the international Scout Movement, more than 110 million Americans have been members of the BSA.— Excerpted from Boy Scouts of America on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

"The Ideal Scout," a statue by w:R. Tait McKenzie in front of the Bruce S. Marks Scout Resource Center in the w:Cradle of Liberty Council in w:Philadelphia

General

• Handbook for Boys, 1912 by the Boy Scouts of America (transcription project)

Fiction

• The Boy Scouts of Woodcraft Camp, 1912 by Thornton Burgess
• The Boy Scouts on Swift River, 1913 by Thornton Burgess
• The Boy Scouts on Lost Trail, 1914 by Thornton Burgess
• The Boy Scouts in a Trapper’s Camp, 1915 by Thornton Burgess

Legislation

• Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act, part of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
• Support Our Scouts Act of 2005

Songs

• A Boy Scouts' Patrol Song, 1913 song by Rudyard Kipling
• Boy Scouts of America (song), 1916 song by John Philip Sousa

External links

Reference material may be found at:

• Boy Scouts Whistles, History, American Boy Scouts Whistles.
• Boy Scouts of America - Official site