Key Dates |
|
Boy Scouts of America incorporated |
1910 |
First Boy Scout Handbook published |
1911 |
Boys' Life premiered |
1911 |
First Eagle Scout, Arthur R. Eldred |
1912 |
Scouting magazine premiered |
1913 |
Registration of Scouts began, 25¢ annual fee |
1913 |
Order of the Arrow began |
1915 |
Federal charter granted by Congress |
1916 |
First season at what would become Northern Tier High Adventure
Base |
1923 |
Boy Scout membership tops 1 million |
1925 |
Cub Scout program began |
1930 |
Philmont donated to the BSA |
1938 |
First BSA Wood Badge course taught |
1948 |
First Pinewood Derby® held |
1953 |
Webelos program added to Cub Scouting |
1954 |
Exploring program began |
1959 |
Florida National High Adventure Sea Base officially opened |
1980 |
Tiger Cubs program added to Cub Scouting |
1982 |
1 millionth Eagle Scout, Alexander M. Holsinger |
1982 |
Learning for Life program began |
1991 |
Venturing program began |
1998 |
100 millionth member registered |
2000 |
2 millionth Eagle Scout, Anthony Thomas |
2009 |
Membership* |
|
Total Cub Scouts |
62,226,396 |
Total Boy Scouts/Venturers |
52,077,933 |
Total Youth Served |
114,304,329 |
Total Adult Volunteers |
33,364,261 |
Awards |
|
Total number of merit badges awarded |
117,649,303 |
Top 5 merit badges awarded** |
|
|
6,537,232 |
|
5,929,179 |
|
4,364,027 |
|
4,122,629 |
|
3,178,473 |
Eagle Scout Awards |
2,043,375 |
William T. Hornaday Award (since 1914) |
3,799 |
Honor Medal (since 1923) |
2,234 |
Honor Medal With Crossed Palms (since 1924) |
231 |
Silver Buffalo Award (since 1926) |
686 |
Medal of Merit (since 1945) |
5,927 |
Distinguished Eagle Scout Award (since 1969) |
1,840 |
Heroism Award (since 1977) |
3,081 |
National Certificate of Merit (since 1989) |
1,501 |
*Local Council Index, including multiple registration |
|
**Estimated |
|
Interesting Facts and Figures |
|
Chief Scout Executives |
11 |
BSA National Presidents |
33 |
Scouts and Scouters who have attended Northern Tier |
348,642 |
Scouts who have attended Philmont |
908,047 |
Scouts who have attended Florida Sea Base |
200,000 |
National Jamboree Attendance (as of 2005) |
642,489 |
Scouts who have become astronauts |
181 |
Norman Rockwell works with Scouting themes |
51 |
Joseph Csatari works with Scouting themes |
36 |