Boy Scouts of America

This sub-category is dedicated to the Groups and Councils of the Boy Scouts of America, a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement - WOSM. The BSA was founded by Ernest Thompson Seton on the English model of Lord Robert Baden-Powell. The Boy Scouts of America was first incorporated on February 8, 1910 and subsequently chartered by Congress in 1916 as a private organization. The largest youth organization in the United States, the BSA works to provide an educational program for boys and young adults to build character, to train in the responsibilities of participating citizenship, and to develop personal fitness.