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Stuff Every Scouting Heritage Scout Should Know

Practice facts for the Scouting Heritage merit badge. Not an official Scouting America credential.

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  1. What did the unknown Scout refuse when he helped W. D. Boyce in London?
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    A tip. The Scout refused Boyce's tip, saying he was simply doing his duty as a Boy Scout.

  2. Where did Baden-Powell hold his first Scout camp?
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    Brownsea Island. Baden-Powell held his first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, a key event in Scouting's origin.

  3. What did the fleur-de-lis symbolize to Baden-Powell?
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    Peace and purity. Baden-Powell defended the emblem by calling the fleur-de-lis a lily, the emblem of peace and purity.

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  1. What did the unknown Scout refuse when he helped W. D. Boyce in London?
  2. Where did Baden-Powell hold his first Scout camp?
  3. What did the fleur-de-lis symbolize to Baden-Powell?
  4. Which three parts did James E. West help add to the Scout Law?
  5. What did James E. West help expand in the Scout Oath?
  6. What did the BSA require each troop charter to be issued to?
  7. Who supervises each Scoutmaster under the structure West created?
  8. What was the first magazine cover Norman Rockwell painted for Boys' Life?
  9. Which program became official in 1912 based on a British program?
  10. Who became the first Eagle Scout in 1912?
  11. What did Scouts collect to be processed into charcoal for gas masks?
  12. What did Scouts inventory for use as propellers and gun stocks?
  13. What did Scouts sell to raise over $352 million during World War I?
  14. What did Scouts do at President Wilson's 1913 inauguration?
  15. Which council started the Order of the Arrow in 1915?
  16. What did President Wilson sign for the BSA on June 15, 1916?
  17. What did Scouts make by hand at Heart Mountain so they could pass swimming tests?
  18. What did Scouts surround to protect the flag at Manzanar?
  19. What rank was created in 1941 for 11 and a half year old boys?
  20. When did the Cubbing program get renamed to Cub Scouts?
  21. What did the BSA consolidate in 1949 into Explorer Scouts?
  22. When did the Order of the Arrow become an official BSA program?
  23. What was the first pinewood derby year before it became official in 1955?
  24. What did the BSA distribute over 200 replicas of for its 40th anniversary?
  25. What did the World Crest show when worn as a permanent award?
  26. When did the Boy Scout Handbook first print in full color?
  27. What did the meaning of Webelos change to in 1967?
  28. What position replaced den mother in 1967?
  29. What did the 1972 handbook eliminate around tents?
  30. What did the 1971 Cub Scout Promise change from?
  31. Who did the BSA lure out of retirement in 1979 to write the 9th Edition Handbook?
  32. What did the 1976 back to basics program emphasize?
  33. What did the 1984 Varsity Scouts program focus on?
  34. What did the Tiger Cub program start as in 1982?
  35. What did the 1990 change make the World Crest a display of?
  36. What program was created on February 9, 1998?
  37. What did the BSA launch in March 2020 during the pandemic?
  38. What new name did the Boy Scout program get on May 2, 2018?
  39. When did Scouts BSA begin admitting girls?
  40. What did the Lion Cub den add in fall 2018 after a pilot?
  41. What did the BSA combine into one unified handbook in 2026?
  42. What did the 1910 Original Edition Handbook lack instructions for?
  43. What did the 1911 handbook remove about loyalty to employers?
  44. What did the 1980 uniform get designed by?
  45. What did Irving Berlin create to share royalties from God Bless America?
  46. What did the first Scout handbook borrow heavily from?
  47. What did the 1911 Official Handbook for Boys cover?
  48. What did the BSA add to its uniform in the 1920s after joining the world movement?
  49. What did the BSA adopt from the world movement in the 1920s?
  50. What was created in 1926 to honor outstanding service to Scouting?
  51. Who was elected the 18th Honorary Scout in 1927? 🔒
  52. What did Johnson & Johnson start giving troops in the 1920s? 🔒
  53. What did the original BSA first aid kit box contain? 🔒
  54. Why was the 1935 National Jamboree in Washington, D.C. canceled? 🔒
  55. Who opened the 1937 National Scout Jamboree by lighting a fire with flint and steel? 🔒
  56. What did oil magnate Waite Phillips donate to the BSA in 1937? 🔒
  57. What did Scouts do at the 1939 New York World's Fair? 🔒
  58. What did the first Wood Badge course in the US use for its syllabus? 🔒
  59. What did the 1947 uniform change replace? 🔒
  60. What did the BSA lower the minimum age for Boy Scouts to in 1949? 🔒
  61. What did the 1948 Wood Badge syllabus use for patrol names? 🔒
  62. What did the 1954 National Council move change? 🔒
  63. What did the 1967 Webelos program introduce alongside the Arrow of Light? 🔒
  64. What did the 1969 change allow young women to join? 🔒
  65. What did the 1972 handbook introduce for the first time? 🔒
  66. What did the 1972 program replace Scoutcraft information with? 🔒
  67. What did the 1973 change open to women in Cub Scouting? 🔒
  68. Who was the first female Scoutmaster in the Boy Scouts of America? 🔒
  69. What did the 1976 back to basics program include? 🔒
  70. What did the 1979 Troop Leader Training Conference replace? 🔒
  71. What did the 1984 uniform change give Webelos Scouts the option to wear? 🔒
  72. What did the 1986 change make Cub Scout membership based on? 🔒
  73. What did the 1989 change eliminate? 🔒
  74. What did the 1992 change consolidate the six regions into? 🔒
  75. What did the 1996 change add to the Cub Scout Academics program? 🔒
  76. What did the 2001 change make the Tiger Cub Den? 🔒
  77. What did the 2006 change require Tiger Cubs to earn first? 🔒
  78. What did the 2013 National Council vote allow openly gay boys to do? 🔒
  79. What did the 2015 National Executive Board remove? 🔒
  80. What did the 2017 Board of Directors vote to allow girls to do? 🔒
  81. What did the 2020 bankruptcy aim to create for past abuse victims? 🔒
  82. What did the 2023 settlement agree to pay? 🔒
  83. What did the 2018 Lion Cub den add for kindergarten-age kids? 🔒