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Baden-Powell and the Rise of Boy Scouting
Excerpts from Governor Dewey's 1946 Silver Anniversary Dinner address emphasize Scouting as a universal movement born from Baden-Powell and its spread worldwide. It contrasts free nation youth with totalitarian regimes and credits Boy Scouts with leadership, conservation, and patriotic service.
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Boy Scout Movement
Baden - Powell
Boy Scouts
Baden-Powell
Kit Carson
Daniel Boone
Sam Bridger
Dan Beard
Ernest Thompson Seton
England
America
William D. Boyce
Chicago
London
Boyce
Baden- Powell
Hitler Youth Movement
Slave States
Free Countries
Region Two
Dewey
New York City