"I don't look like a traditional scout," says Nat Restivo. "People are surprised that I am an Eagle Scout and then I'm also a 500 Festival princess." ...

formally the Boy Scouts of America. And she went on to become a female Eagle Scout. Restivo knows how to tie seven distinct knots, the square knot, two half-hitches, taut-line hitch, sheet bend ...

Our columnist says nowadays it’s gone way beyond Flip Wilson’s Geraldine character, and no 3-year-old should have to figure ...

From my earliest childhood, I attended the Mummer’s Parade in Philadelphia every New Year’s day, watching husky fellows with banjos, full-face makeup and glitter sashay down Broad Street.

From knot-tying lessons to campfire cookouts, scouting wasn’t just about earning merit badges; it was about adventure, team ...

NEW YORK (AP) — For 108 years, the Boy Scouts of America's flagship program has been known simply as the Boy Scouts. With girls soon entering the ranks, the group says that iconic name will change.

Throughout much of its history, Hartford, too, has had a relationship with an organization that also has a long track record for service and good deeds — the Boy Scouts of America. The ...

A federal appeals court largely upheld the Boy Scouts of America’s multibillion-dollar bankruptcy plan to resolve claims of childhood sexual abuse, allowing the youth group to continue to ...

The former Little Sioux Scout Ranch is at the heart of the property with a 20-acre lake. Four Boy Scouts died when a tornado hit the camp in 2003. A memorial to those scouts will remain.