Boy Scouts of America, Happy Birthday! July 27, the new Scouting stamp was unveiled at Philmont, as it was the day before at the National Jamboree. This represents 100 years of Scouting, a direct result of Lord Robert Baden Powell's vision in England. National and local postal officials were on hand in front of the Villa Philmonte, the home of the legendary Waite Phillips, also donated to Philmont (it is now used as a museum. I started saving stamps at about age 9 in Cub Scouts, and still have the 50th anniversary of Scouting from 1960. I'm not old, I'm durable.
Grandson, Tyler, and son-in-law, Will are enjoying their first Jamboree with 40,000 other scouts at Fort AP Hill, VA. I understand they are having the time of their lives!
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