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The '''Boy Scouts of America''' was founded in 1909 and incorporated in 1910 by W. D. Boyce.<ref>[http://www.scouting.org/About/FactSheets/Founders.aspx Founders], scouting.org.</ref> He patterned it after [[Boy Scouts|the British organization]] founded two years earlier by Sir Robert Baden-Powell.
The '''Boy Scouts of America''' was founded in 1909 and incorporated in 1910 by W. D. Boyce.<ref>[http://www.scouting.org/About/FactSheets/Founders.aspx Founders], scouting.org.</ref> He patterned it after [[Boy Scouts|the British organization]] founded two years earlier by Sir Robert Baden-Powell.
A similar but entirely separate group is the [[Girl Scouts]], founded in 1912 by Juliette Gordon Lowe.
A similar but entirely separate organization is the [[Girl Scouts]], founded in 1912 by Juliette Gordon Lowe.
The Boy Scouts of America was one of the nation's largest and most prominent values-based [[youth]] development organizations. It promotes fun, educational skills, [[survival]] skills and activities identified with [[manliness]].<ref>[http://www.scouting.org/About.aspx About the BSA]</ref> The mission of the Boy Scouts of America was to [[preparedness|prepare]] young people to make [[ethical]] and [[moral]] choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the [[values]] of the [[#The Scout Oath & Law|Scout Oath and Law]].<ref name=overview>[http://www.scouting.org/About/FactSheets/OverviewofBSA.aspx Overview of Boy Scouts of America]</ref> National headquarters is in Irving, Texas.
The Boy Scouts of America was one of the nation's largest and most prominent values-based [[youth]] development organizations. It promotes fun, educational skills, [[survival]] skills and activities identified with [[manliness]].<ref>[http://www.scouting.org/About.aspx About the BSA]</ref> The mission of the Boy Scouts of America was to [[preparedness|prepare]] young people to make [[ethical]] and [[moral]] choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the [[values]] of the [[#The Scout Oath & Law|Scout Oath and Law]].<ref name=overview>[http://www.scouting.org/About/FactSheets/OverviewofBSA.aspx Overview of Boy Scouts of America]</ref> National headquarters is in Irving, Texas.