The Scout Association

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The Scout Association

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  • Scouts

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    • The Boy Scouts Association

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    Dates of existence

    1907-present

    History

    Youth organisation begun by Robert Baden-Powell. In 1908 he named it the Boy Scouts Association. He designed the Scouts uniform, which remained virtually unchanged until the 1960s, and the original badge design of an arrowhead or fleur-de-lis emblem.

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    Scouts heritage website: https://heritage.scouts.org.uk/
    Dictionary of National Biography Entry for Robert Baden-Powell: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30520
    Wikipedia Entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scout_Association

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