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Now 26 and preparing to competing in his first Winter Olympics, Taylor Morris is grateful for the extra push from his parents. He says his time as a Scout and Venturer in the Great Salt Lake Council was transformative.Â
Years ago they earned the Eagle Scout medal, representing their commitment to Scouting. Now they’ll represent their country while trying to earn another medal: gold in the 2018 Winter Olympics.
The best punter in Philadelphia Eagles history, Donnie Jones earned Scouting’s highest honor in 1998 as part of the BSA’s Istrouma Area Council in Louisiana.
Michigan Troop 215, which turns 100 years old this year, was the boyhood troop of astronaut Roger Chaffee and President Gerald Ford.
When he was a young man, Kazimierz Piechowski, a Polish Boy Scout, embodied the “A Scout is Brave” point of the Scout Law while facing imminent death at the Auschwitz concentration camp.Â
Walt Disney was a Boy Scout until his family moved to Chicago and he had to drop out. He received the Silver Buffalo Award, BSA’s highest honor for adults.
An icon of the American West, the longtime president of Coca-Cola and a man who died in the sinking of the Lusitania — all have Scout camps named for them.
Proceeds will be split between the Babe Ruth ball’s owner and the Westchester-Putnam Council, which serves Scouts in southeastern New York State.
Officially, it’s the 2017 AdvoCare Texas Kickoff (moved to New Orleans because of Hurricane Harvey). Unofficially, I’m calling it the 2017 Eagle Scout Bowl.
Norman Mineta and Alan Simpson became fast friends inside the internment camp, bonding over their shared love of comics, silly stories and Scouting.
What makes this piece of Michigan real estate so special is the fact it was once owned by William D. Boyce, one of the founders of the BSA.
Visits from the president are a Jamboree tradition. Seven of 11 presidents who were in office at the time of a Jamboree showed up to address Scouts.
For his 2017 documentary “Chasing Coral,” Eagle Scout Jeff Orlowski and his crew visited coral reefs around the world to document their demise.
As excitement builds for the 2017 National Jamboree, I thought we’d look back at the very first one, the 1935 National Jamboree. The Jamboree that wasn’t.
We know all about Arthur Eldred’s Scouting success, but we don’t know much about his board of review — the final step to becoming the first Eagle Scout.
NASA announced its 2017 astronaut class — 12 men and women from 18,000 applicants. It shouldn’t come a surprise that one, Raja Chari, is an Eagle Scout.
Television pioneer Philo T. Farnsworth received all sorts of belated honors for his inventions. But he never received the Eagle Scout badge he had earned.
David Lynch, the Oscar-nominated director of “The Elephant Man” and creator of the murder mystery TV series “Twin Peaks,” is an Eagle Scout.
Steven Holcomb, the Eagle Scout who piloted the U.S. four-man bobsled team to Olympic gold in 2010 and bronze in 2014, has died. He was 37.
A survey of the 535 members of the 115th U.S. Congress reveals that 150 have some sort of connection to the BSA. Here’s a state-by-state look.
Steve Ballmer, owner of the NBA’s LA Clippers, was an invited guest at the Greater Los Angeles Area Council’s 2017 Business Leaders’ Breakfast last month.
Canyon Barry, the Florida Gators basketball player and son of NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry, is an Eagle Scout. He’s also great at underhand free throws.
Rather than making a choice between Scouting and stardom, “Madam Secretary” actor Evan Roe chose option C: all of the above.
The ESPN story is basically a love letter to Scouting. Hart recites the Scout Law, shows off his merit badge sash and talks about his Eagle project.
We got a special treat earlier this month when we got to see several Norman Rockwell works first hand at the National Scouting Museum.
Long before becoming a barrier-breaking astronaut, Guion Bluford was a typical American boy. He had a paper route, loved table tennis and was a Boy Scout.
“I happen to believe that the man who was a Scout is a better man for it,” Jimmy Stewart told a crowd in 1980 in Los Angeles.
If you’re a fan of either professional golf or Eagle Scouts, Daniel Summerhays is a name you need to know. He’ll play in his first Masters this week.
Just a couple of years ago, D.J. Tialavea was working two jobs and sleeping on the floor of a friend’s house. Now he’s a tight end for the Atlanta Falcons.
It started in 1913 with Woodrow Wilson, and Boy Scouts and Explorers have served at every presidential inauguration celebration ever since.
