As more and more families were moving from the farms to the cities in the late 1800s/early 1900s. a fear grew that young boys might lose the morals and abilities they had out on the farms. This Progressive Movement led to the establishment of the YMCA.
In the US, Boy Scouts eventually grew out of such organizations as the Woodcraft Indians in 1902 and the Sons of Daniel Boone in 1905.
In 1907, British general Robert Baden-Powell started the British Boy Scouts. Chicago publisher W. D. Boyce, while visiting England encountered the scouts there and was so impressed, that when he came back he incorporated the Boy Scouts of America on February 8, 1910.
Old fashioned fun is part of being a Scout, along with doing one's duty to God and country. No other youth organization has served so many boys, an estimated 112 million over the last one hundred years.
the numbers of Scouts has dropped over the last several decades, but they are still a pervasive presence.
During World War I, the Scouts contributed to the US home front by selling war bonds and planting war gardens. During World War II, they collected aluminum, rubber and distributed civil defense posters.
From Wikipedia and December 24, 2009 Chicago Tribune.
Congratulations Boy Scouts. --DaCoot
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