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.
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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