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Girl Scout cookies, Girl Scout
camp, Girl Scout badges—all this and much more will be
featured in A Circle of Friendship United by Ideals, an
exhibition on the history of Girl Scouts in Delaware and the
Delmarva Peninsula that will be on display in the Delaware
History Museum from February through June 2012. We will be
joining the Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Council to
celebrate the centennial of girl scouting in the U.S. and
the council’s 50th anniversary. Filled with objects and
photographs in the Council’s extensive collection, the
exhibition is sure to be a trip down memory lane for every
current and former scout!
Inspired by her meeting with
Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Boy Scouts and Girl
Guides in England, Juliette Gordon Low gathered a group of
girls in Savannah, Georgia, on March 12, 1912, for the
meeting that began a movement that has involved millions of
girls all over the world. Scouting spread to the Delmarva
Peninsula with a troop founded in Cambridge, Maryland, in
1914. The first Delaware troop started in Wilmington in
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Some of the nation's first Girl Scouts, with
founder Juliette Gordon Low,
Courtesy of Girls Scouts, USA
Click here for
Girl Scout Wednesdays & Saturdays!
at the Delaware History Museum and Read House!! |
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The ideals of scouting—learning
through action, exploring the outdoors, serving the
community, and developing leadership skills--have remained
constant but the program has changed with the times. Badges,
uniforms, and handbooks from different eras will be on
display. The dairy maid badge is obsolete—today’s scouts
attend STEM programs at the Lynn W. Williams Science and
Technology Lodge at Camp Country Center in Hockessin. A
campfire scene will be a focal point of the exhibition, and
maps will show the many sites that have been used for
camping over the years.
Scouting’s goal has always been to
help girls grow into strong, capable women. A Circle of
Friendships United by Ideals will honor the scouts and
leaders of the past and inspire those who will take scouting
into its second century.
A Circle of Friendship United by Ideals: Celebrating the
100th Anniversary of Girl Scouts and the 50th Anniversary of
Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Council exhibition will be
featured at the
Delaware History Museum from with an opening reception
on February 16 through June 16, 2012.
Click here for
Girl Scout
Wednesdays & Saturdays
at the Delaware Historical Museum
and Read House!!!
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Joe Biden, then a U.S. Senator from Delaware,
poses with local Girls Scouts in 2000.
Courtesy of Girl Scouts of Chesapeake Bay Council.
Wilmington's First African-American Troop #60
met at St. Matthews
Episcopal Church, 1944. Delaware Historical Society
Collections |
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Circle of Friendships United by Ideals:
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Girls Scouts and the
50th Anniversary of Girls Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay
Council
at the Delaware
History Museum
504 Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Regular Museum
Hours: Wednesday - Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
February 17 - June 16, 2012 |
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