[Ansteorra] Demo for the Boy Scouts!

[Gwynafwy Sinclaire]

The oldest (US) Boy Scout camp still in operation is Camp Perry in Rio Hondo, TX.  In way south Texas not far from the Mexican boarder and about an hour from where I live.  I should know because I am involved in Boy Scouts and we go out to Camp Perry every couple of months.

Just to add to this thread...
Gwyn




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From: Jay Rudin <rudin at peoplepc.com>
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA,Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Mon, February 8, 2010 1:57:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Demo for the Boy Scouts!

Fiona the Needleworker wrote: 

>This is also the 100 year celebration of the Boy Scouts! :)

Technically, this is the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of *America*.  In 1909, the Unknown Scout helped the American William Boyce find his way through a London fog, and refused to accept money for his Good Turn.  Boyce found out about the Scouts, and started the American version in 1910.

The first Boy Scout camp was held on Brownsea Island in 1907 by Sir Robert Baden-Powell (later Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell).  He wrote the first Boy Scout handbook (Scouting for Boys) in 1908.  (If you want to see a facsimile edition of this book, and live anywhere near the DFW area, come to Open Library tonight.  See the Steppes Calendar. http://steppes.ansteorra.org/event/2010/02/8/day)

Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin

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