Figure 1.-- This 1938 press photo shows a local Scout event--honoring George Washingtomn on his birtday. The caption read, "Honoring the Father of Their Country--New York City: The honor corps of the Stuyvessant District Council of the Boy Scouts of America, give the Scout saluteas they pay tribute to George Washington at his statute on the steps of the United States Subtreasury Building, Wall and Broad Streets, Feb. 22. It was on this spot thst George Washington took the Oath of Office as the First President of the United States."

We note a patriotic event in New York City honoring Geore Washington on his birthday. Such events were common on important national holidays. Waite Phillips in 1938 gave the BSA 36,000 acres in New Mexico for Philburn Rocky Mountain Scout Camp. A Tex Ritter film was released. "Tex rides with the Boy Scouts (1938). A reviewer writes, "The story line was pretty lame. The acting was fairly poor. But the Scout uniforms and activities were awesome to see if you are an avid Scouter." While the Explorer program was approved in 1933 and run as an experimental program in years prior, the first 'official' manual for the program did not appear until 1938!