[1] The bow and arrow were chosen as emblems by the founders of the Eclaireurs de France in 1911.

In the 1930s, André Lefèvre, chief of the Eclaireurs de France, set up a training camp for 60 Scoutmasters from all over French Indochina.

During World War II, the EdF was among the founding members of the Fédération du Scoutisme Français in 1941.

The Eclaireurs de France and the Fédération des Eclaireuses started a process of mutual approach in 1949.

In 1989, five local groups left the EEdF forming the Fédération des Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs.