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January
February
March
April
April 7th – World Health Day
April 12, 1923 – Kandersteg International Scout Centre came into existence.
April 18, 1775 – The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
April 19, 1775 – Battles of Lexington and Concord
April 21st – Patriots' Day
April 22nd – Earth Day
April 25th – Arbor Day
May
May 5 - 10 – Astronomy Week
May 5, 1961 – Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space, aboard Mercury-Redstone 3.
May 7 and 8, 1945 – Victory in Europe Day
May 10, 1869 – Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad - Promontory Summit, Utah
May 10 – 11th Annual Jamboree On The Trail
May 11 – Mother's Day
May 25 – NASA's Phoenix spacecraft will land on Mars.
May 26 – Memorial Day observed
May 30 – Memorial Day
June
June 1, 2008 – National Trails Day
June 15, 1916 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
June 30, 1937 – First National Jamboree, held at Washington, DC. Ran from June 30-July 9. Was to have been in 1935, but was canceled due to a polio epidemic.
June 30, 1950 – Second National Jamboree, held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, begins. Ran from June 30-July 6.
July
July 4th – Independence Day
July 4, 1911 – The Boy Scouts of America receives the design patent for the First Class badge that symbolizes Scouting in the USA.
July 29, 1907 – Sir Robert Baden-Powell founds the Boy Scouts with the first Scout camp at Brownsea Island. The encampment ran from August 1-9, 1907.
July 30, 1920 – First World Scout Jamboree begins in Olympia, London, England.
August
August 1-9, 1907 – Robert Baden-Powell holds the first Scouting encampment at Brownsea Island. He began setting camp up on July 29, 1907.
August 6, 1900 – William "Green Bar Bill" Hillcourt, the father of American Scouting, is born in Denmark.
August 21, 1912 – Arthur Rose Eldred becomes the first Eagle Scout in the history of Boy Scouts of America.
September
September 8-19, 1919 – The first Wood Badge course is held at Gilwell Park, England.
October
October 18 - 19, 2008 – 11th Annual Jamboree On The Internet
October 17 - 19, 2008 – 51st Annual Jamboree On The Air
October 31, 1860 – Juliette Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts, is born.
November
November 9, 1992 – William "Green Bar Bill" Hillcourt, the father of American Scouting, dies in America.
December
December 16, 1773 – Boston Tea Party
December 19, 1777 – Winter at Valley Forge begins
