Did You Know This? - CubScouts

Here are a few trivia items about Cub Scouts.

Did you know:

• In 1930, The Cub Scout program was launched with 5,120 boys registered a the end of the year.

• With the Cub Scout uniform: Blue represents truth, loyalty and the sky above. Gold represents sunlight, cheer and happiness.

• In the beginning, English Cub program based on Kiplings book, “Jungle Book”. American program based on Indian Lore.

• Boy’s Life magazine was started by an 18 year old publisher in Providence, RI. The July 1913 issue was the first official magazine of the Boy Scouts of America. In 1913 Norman Rockwell was hired to do the drawings and covers.

• In 1913 a Leaders’ magazine called “Scouting” was published semimonthly

• The Cub Scout program launched in England during the 1st World War. Due to lack of manpower, women were cub-masters. That was the 1st time women became members of the Boy Scout program.