Daniel Carter Beard
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Daniel Carter "Uncle Dan" Beard was an American illustrator, author, youth leader, Georgist and social reformer who founded the Sons of Daniel Boone in 1905, which Beard later merged with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).
Daniel Carter Beard
Beard (right) with Scouting founder Robert Baden-Powell (seated) and Ernest Thompson Seton (left)
Daniel Beard in later life, with Boy Scouts
Beard's frontispiece for Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
Boy Scouts of America
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The Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest scouting organizations and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with over 1 million youth, including 176,000 female participants. The BSA was founded in 1910; about 130 million Americans have participated in its programs. Served by 477,000 adult volunteers. BSA became a founding member organization of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922.
Ernest Thompson Seton (left), Baden-Powell (seated) and Dan Beard (right)
Boy Scouts, Troop 10, Columbus, Ohio, 1918
A Venturer traverses a COPE High Ropes course.
Boy Scout, 1974, wearing uniform of the time