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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> It was copied from the British organization founded two years before. See [[Boy Scouts]]

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> It was copied from the British organization founded two years before. See [[Boy Scouts]]

The Boy Scouts of America is one of the nation's largest and most prominent values-based youth development organizations. It promotes skills and activities identified with manliness.It combines educational activities with fun activities.<ref>[http://www.scouting.org/About.aspx About the BSA]</ref> The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the 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.[[File:Scouts1911.jpg|thumb|250px]]

The Boy Scouts of America is one of the nation's largest and most prominent values-based youth development organizations. It promotes skills and activities identified with manliness.It combines educational activities with fun activities.<ref>[http://www.scouting.org/About.aspx About the BSA]</ref> The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the 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.[[File:Scouts1911.jpg|thumb|250px]]

The first boy scout troop in the United States was founded in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, in May 1909, as the first international charter of the British boy scouts. The scouting troop was founded by Anglican priest John Forbes Mitchell in Pawhuska while he was on assignment for the [[Church of England]]. The formation of the Boy Scouts of America by Congress took place in December 1909, seven months after the Pawhuska incorporation.  

The first boy scout troop in the United States was founded in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, in May 1909, as the first international charter of the British boy scouts. The scouting troop was founded by Anglican priest John Forbes Mitchell in Pawhuska while he was on assignment for the [[Church of England]]. The formation of the Boy Scouts of America by Congress took place in December 1909, seven months after the Pawhuska incorporation.  

Ernest Thompson Seton was the BSA's first Chief Scout (1910-1915); the programs were largely copied from the British models set out by  General Robert Baden-Powell, who began the noncompetitive badge system. Even more important was the [[Social Gospel]] influence of "muscular Christianity" promulgated by the [[YMCA]] in the Era of the [[Third Great Awakening]], 1910-30.<ref>Clifford Putney, ''Muscular Christianity: Manhood and Sports in Protestant America, 1880-1920'' (2001) </ref>  

Ernest Thompson Seton was the BSA's first Chief Scout (1910-1915); the programs were largely copied from the British models set out by  General Robert Baden-Powell, who began the noncompetitive badge system. Even more important was the [[Social Gospel]] influence of "muscular Christianity" promulgated by the [[YMCA]] in the Era of the [[Third Great Awakening]], 1910-30.<ref>Clifford Putney, ''Muscular Christianity: Manhood and Sports in Protestant America, 1880-1920'' (2001) </ref>  

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