Artifact of the Week 20240830 - Gettysburg Badge

In 1913, the Boy Scouts of America provided community service for three significant events. On March 3rd, Scouts in Washington DC provided crowd control and rendered First Aid during the Woman Suffrage March. The next day, March 4th, the Scouts continued these activities in support of the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson as President of the United States.

The performance of the Boy Scouts at these events left a mark on those who saw the Scouts in action. In July, Scouts in the Philadelphia area were called upon to help support quite possibly the largest reunion in history to recognize the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The Pennsylvania Reunion Commission recognized the involvement of the Scouts with a Badge for each participant.

One of the Scouters who participated in the event was E. Urner Goodman. Recently, his family donated several personal items to the National Scouting Museum, including a pair of the Scout Badges from the 1913 Gettysburg reunion.

Read more about the Scouts’ involvement in the reunion in Scouting Magazine and Boys’ Life.

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