Friday, June 1, 2012

USPS to 'Celebrate Scouting' June 9


The Girl Scouts of the USA celebrated its 100th anniver­sary February 8, 2012, and the Postal Service will cele­brate this milestone by issuing the Celebrate Scouting 45-cent First-Class Mail Forever stamp Saturday, June 9. The First-Day-Of-Issue dedication ceremony takes place dur­ing the Girl Scouts Rock the Mall event in Washington, DC.Celebrate Scouting, the “sister” stamp to the 2010 Scouting stamp, pays tribute to scouting organizations for the opportunities and pleasures they have provided millions of youths worldwide. The stamp features a large silhouette of a girl with binoculars looking into the distance. A scene within the silhouette features a scout in mid-stride on a serious summer trek, in an environment composed of large redwoods, a lake and a distant forested mountainside. 
Among the first advocates for a sister scouting movement were the girls who demanded inclusion in the Crystal Palace Boy Scout Rally, the first rally of its kind, held in London, England, in 1909. A year later, Boy Scout pioneer Robert Baden-Powell and his sister Agnes Baden-Powell helped organize a scouting group for girls, The Girl Guides Association. Together they adapted his guidebook Scouting for Boys, and in 1912 they published the first official girl scouting manual.
In the U.S., the scouting movement for both boys and girls began about a century ago.  Since that time, millions of youths have learned to find their way in the world with the skills and confidence they acquired through scouting.

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