Scouting in the United States
With the migration of families from rural to urban centers, there were concerns among some people that young men were no longer learning patriotism and individualism.
[8] Salvation Army founder William Booth met with Baden-Powell for discussion about a possible Salvationist Scouting program.
[9] The BSUS was started by the National Highway Protective Association and led by Peter S. Bomus.
William Verbeck, Adjutant General of New York State, was leader of the National Scouts.
[12] Edgar M. Robinson and Lee F. Hanmer became interested in the nascent BSA movement and convinced Boyce to turn the program over to the YMCA for development.
Colonel Cody's Boy Scouts were formed in 1909 and continue as the American Cadet Alliance.
[21] The ABS changed their name to the United States Boy Scouts in 1913 after pressure from the BSA.
After helping to create the BSA and seeing it grow into a successful rival, the YMCA began the Indian Guides in 1926 using some of Seton's material.
[7] In 1929, a special charter was granted to the Life Saving Guards-Boys from the BSA to join the two organizations together.
[27] The Calvinist Cadet Corps was officially founded in 1952 in Christian Reformed Church in North America.
[7] In 2001, SpiralScouts International was formed at the Wiccan Aquarian Tabernacle Church in Index, Washington.
[7] In 2003, a Boy Scouts troop in New York City's East Harlem neighborhood and sponsored by the Unitarian Church of All Souls broke away from the BSA over the exclusionary membership policies to start the Navigators USA, a co-ed scouting group.
[30] Grace Seton quit the group over the reject of her committee's draft of a handbook followed by Linda Beard in September 1911 over difference with the Gulicks.
[30] However, there was an organizational meeting held by Lina Beard on February 7, 1912, in Flushing, New York of a Girl Pioneers of America group.
A 1994 Chronicle of Philanthropy poll showed that the Girl Scouts was ranked by the public as the eighth "most popular charity/non-profit in America" of over 100 charities.
[36][37][needs update] It describes itself as "the world's preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls".
On February 18, 2020, the Boy Scouts of America filed for a Chapter 11 financial restructuring due to sex abuse lawsuits.
[50][51][52] The Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego (Polish Scouting Association) also has some presence in the U.S. Külföldi Magyar Cserkészszövetség (Hungarian Scout Association in Exteris) has also some presence in the U.S.[53][54] There are also some other Scouts-in-Exile groups in the U.S.: Organization of Russian Young Pathfinders,[55] Latvian,[56][57] Lithuanian[58][59] Estonian[60] and Ukrainian groups.
[7] Another Scout-like organization is the Club de Exploradores with groups in the United States, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay.
The BSA's career-oriented Exploring program was moved to LFL in 1998 and returned to the Boy Scouts of America in 2016.
