Today I have ran across some that are incorrectly saying it is the Anniversary of the Boy Scout Movement IN America.
Troop 1 in Pawhuska Oklahoma has the honor of being the First Boy scout troop in America. They were founded in 1909 roughly 9 months prior to the incorporation of the Boy Scouts of America by W.D. Boyce. Troop1 was founded under an English charter.
Too many the argument about the use of the word IN and OF is like like arguing whether the new millennium started January 1, 2000 or January 1, 2001. It could also be said I was arguing use of the Metric system versus the Imperial System.
So I may be arguing over small verbiage, yet I would believe that the scouts in Pawhuska, Oklahoma were not the only scouts that were practicing Lord Baden-Powell's methods in the United States before 19010.
So let's Celebrate the anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America and remember there were at least 18 Boy Scouts in America before then.
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Not that I'm trying to be a wise guy, but the British have already weighed in on one of those topics:
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/explore/astronomy-and-time/time-facts/faqs/new-millennium-where-when-why
Americans are quite silly about time and don't count it like the rest of the world. I agree 2000 was not the Millenium.
To keep spliting hairs in most languages you celebrate the anniversary of your birth, not your birthday. I have had one birthday 37 or 38 years ago and that's the only birthday I'll ever have, depending on who's counting.
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