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HISTORIC BOY SCOUT IMAGES

President Woodrow Wilson inspects Scouts just before World War I

First Cub Scout Pack in 1929, put together a year before the BSA officially started the Cub Scouting program

Eagle Scout Paul Siple (left) salutes with Chief Scout Executive West. Siple had sailed to Antarctica with Commander Byrd in 1928.

At an early jamboree, a Scout enjoys his lunch

Norman Rockwell painted this self-portrait for the 1969 official calendar. Rockwell was the visual spokesman for BSA, for over 60 years, through hundreds of classic paintings, that expressed the spirit and ideals of Scouting.

On the 51st anniversary in 1961, President Kennedy greets Explorer Scouts with the official, left-handed handshake.

1912 at the first official Boy Scout Camp at Silver Bay on Lake George, New York

Some of the boys that were invited to camp out at Ernest Seton's estate, where Seton taught them Indian lore and how to live in the outdoors.

In 1912, a Scout greets Baden-Powell, as he arrives in the U S., with a letter from President Taft.

The first Chief Scout Executive, James West takes a picture with some of the early Eagle Scouts

Arthur Eldred, the first Eagle Scout

In 1982, Alexander Holsinger became the one millionth Eagle Scout.