Merit badges have always been the heart of the Boy Scouts. They reflect the skills and knowledge considered important at the time. Unfortunately, some of these badges were discontinued, either because ...

That merit badge was not only the last one Hayes earned as an Eagle Scout, but it was also the 140th badge he had ever received. Only 21 are required to advance out of Eagle Scouts, the program's ...

Cutting-edge badges prepare Scouts for success in technology, marking a new era of digital adventure IRVING, Texas, Oct. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- For over a century, Scouting America has inspired ...

April White; Research by Zoe Sayler and Samantha Spengler | Author, The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier At first glance, there’s something ...

Senior girl scout Jaca Gooding, 14, of Washington, D.C., joined the Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital for the announcement of the date for Girl Scout Rock the Mall: 100th Anniversary ...

Caiden A. Futchko, 16, a Blandon Eagle Scout from Troop 183, has achieved the rare feat of earning all the merit badges the Scouting America program offers. There are 138 merit badges Scouts could ...

A Baltimore County teenager has accomplished a feat achieved by less than 1% of scouts nationwide.

I know my knots, but I am not an Eagle Scout. To my regret and the eternal disappointment of my Eagle Scout father, my advancement fizzled out at the rank of Life Scout. When I turned 15, I was ...