Stamp honors Scouts
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Comments 
0
Published: November 13, 2009
WASHINGTON — From Cub to Eagle, the world of Scouting is being honored with a U.S. postage stamp.
The stamp design, unveiled Thursday at the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum, depicts a backpacking Boy Scout surveying the landscape. The stamp will be released next summer marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Boy Scouts. The Girl Scouts was founded a few years after the Boy Scouts organization. The new Celebrate Scouting stamps will go on sale nationwide and will be dedicated in July 2010 at the Boy Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill, Va. Previously the Boy Scouts have been honored with a 3-cent stamp issued in 1950, a 4-cent stamp in 1960 and a 22-cent stamp in 1985. The Girl Scouts have been honored on a 4-cent stamp in 1962 and a 22-cent stamp in 1987. A 32-cent Celebrate the Century stamp in 1998 jointly honored both.
Related Topics:
Culture and Lifestyle, Travel and Tourism, Travel Destinations, Outdoor Recreation, Hiking and Backpacking, Cultural Institutions and Parks, Museums, Youth Organizations, Scouting
Prev
Something to say about this topic? Submit a Letter to the Editor online
Thank you for joining our conversations on newsok. We encourage your discussions but ask that you stay within the bounds of our terms and conditions. Please help us by reporting comments that violate these guidelines. To review our rules of engagement, go to Commenting and posting policy.
Log in below or sign up (it's free).