Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Aug. 1, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. Aug. 1, 1907, a weeklong boys’ camping event began on ...

NPR reported that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may end the military’s century-old partnership with Scouting America based on a leaked memo. The memo suggests stopping Pentagon support for the ...

Robert Baden-Powell, the 1st Baron Baden-Powell, is recognized as the man who began the international scouting movement of which the Boy Scouts of America is a part. Baden-Powell began as a British ...