Boy Scout Commemorative Tribute Memorial
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The Boy Scout Memorial in President’s Park is located on the east side of the Ellipse near 15th Street and requires a short detour from the walking path to reach. The idea for the memorial came about in 1959, the 50th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts. Financed entirely by individual Scouts, it took five years for the project to become a reality. On November 7, 1964, the monument was unveiled on the spot of the very first Boy Scout Jamboree back in 1937.
The inscription on the pedestal of the statue reads:
In grateful tribute to the men and women whose generosity, devotion, and leadership have brought Scouting to the nation’s youth and to honor all members of the Boy Scouts of America who in days of peace and times of peril have done their duty to God and their country this memorial was authorized by the Congress of the United States and erected in recognition of the fiftieth anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.
The bronze sculpture was done by Donald DeLue.
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Last updated on April 28, 2020
