Last week and this week (in continuing celebration of February as Scouting month) we are listing some of the major milestones in Scouting's 100-year history.
1965: The BSA reached two major milestones: the 40 millionth Scout was registered and the 500,000th Eagle Scout badge was presented
1966: Scouting hit the big screen with Walt Disney's movie, Follow Me, Boys!
1969: Eagle Scout Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon
1972: To be more culturally relevant, the BSA deemphasized outdoor skills (that effort was abandoned six years later)
1973: For the first and only time, the BSA held the National Scout Jamboree at two sites: Farragut State Park in Idaho and Moraine State Park in Pennsylvania
1979: The BSA's national office moved to Irving, Texas, after 25 years in New Jersey
1980: Cub Scouting celebrated its 50th anniversary
1984: The BSA inaugurated Varsity Scouting (the idea dated back to the mid-1970s when The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began searching for ways to retain older Boy Scouts)
1990: The 10th edition of the Boy Scout Handbook published (total circulation of the handbook since 1910 reached 33,860,000)
1998: Scouting adopted Leave No Trace as its guideline for protecting the environment while conducting outdoor activities
2000: The BSA's 100 millionth youth member was registered
2004: The BSA launched Good Turn for America, a national initiative with the Salvation Army, American Red Cross, and Habitat for Humanity to address the problems of hunger, homelessness, inadequate housing, and poor health
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