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The Cradle of Liberty Council (525) is a Boy Scouts of America council created in 1996 with the merger of the former Philadelphia Area Council, covering the city and county of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the former Valley Forge Council, covering both Delaware County, Pennsylvania and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is the largest council in Pennsylvania and is the third largest in the entire Boy Scouts of America.^[1] Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1228x740, 2320 KB) Photo used by the en:Philadelphia Inquirer on July 22, 2006 City poised to evict Boy Scouts council http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1228x740, 2320 KB) Photo used by the en:Philadelphia Inquirer on July 22, 2006 City poised to evict Boy Scouts council http://www. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area - City 369. ... Delaware County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For the Boy Scout program within the BSA, see Boy Scouts (Boy Scouts of America). ...

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History

The present council is the result of the 1996 merger of two previous councils, the Philadelphia and Valley Forge councils. The Philadelphia council was founded in 1911. In 1913, the Philadelphia council opened the first American scout camp, Treasure Island Scout Reservation, near Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania. Two years later, Dr. E. Urner Goodman and Carrol Edson founded the Order of the Arrow, which inducted its first members on July 16, 1915. Treasure Island is a Boy Scout camp located between Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania and Frenchtown, New Jersey, situated in the middle of the Delaware River and owned by the Cradle of Liberty Council (formerly the Philadelphia Area Council prior to its merger with the Valley Forge Council in 1996). ... Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania is a town in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. ... E. Urner Goodman was the founder (along with co-founder Carroll A. Edson) of the Order of the Arrow (OA), an official program of the Boy Scouts of America designed to recognize scouts and scouters for their service, and to aid in the retention of older boys in the Scouting... Carroll A. Edson helped to found the Order of the Arrow along with E. Urner Goodman. ... The Order of the Arrow (OA) is a program of the Boy Scout division of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). ...

The council is host to the oldest annual Scouting event in the nation, the Valley Forge Pilgrimage and Encampment. Image File history File links PhiladelphiaTreasureisland. ... Image File history File links PhiladelphiaTreasureisland. ... Pilgrimage patch The Valley Forge Pilgrimage and Encampment is the oldest annual Scouting event in the United States. ...

The Valley Forge Council was created from the Delaware and Montgomery County councils in a BSA-directed merger in the 1950s. Valley Forge was named for the historic winter of 1776-77 camp by George Washington's troops. It opened its first camp, the Delmont Scout Reservation in Green Lane, Pennsylvania, and acquired land to open the Resica Falls Scout Reservation near the Delaware Water Gap in 1962. // Recovering from World War II and its aftermath, the economic miracle emerged in West Germany and Italy. ... Recreation of a cabin in which soldiers would have lived at Valley Forge Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, was the site of the camp of the American Continental Army over the winter of 1777â€“1778 in the American Revolutionary War. ... Map of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania with Municipal Labels showing Boroughs (red), Townships (white), and Census-designated places (blue). ... The Delaware Water Gap is a mountain pass on the border of New Jersey and Pennsylvania where the Delaware River traverses a large ridge of the Appalachian Mountains. ...

Because of a shifting population (with city residents moving to the suburbs), and two councils each trying to gain capital funds for their camps, the BSA suggested to the executive boards of both councils that they merge, a process started in 1993 and made final in 1996.

When councils merge, they are given a new council number, and the new council became number 525. Philadelphia's OA lodge (Unami One), the one founded in 1915 on Treasure Island, and recognized as the first lodge nationally, would be lost in the merger. To prevent this, the members of Valley Forge's OA lodge, Delmont Lodge 43, voted to fold their lodge and became part of the Unami Lodge in 1997.

Districts

Image File history File links PhiladelphiaScout. ... Image File history File links PhiladelphiaScout. ... For the musician, see Baden Powell de Aquino. ... Ambler is a borough located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Philadelphia. ... Blue Bell is a census-designated place (CDP) in Whitpain Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. ... High-tech office buildings in Conshohocken have helped earn the area the Silicon Valley Forge nickname Conshohocken is a borough on the Schuylkill River in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in suburban Philadelphia. ... Lafayette Hill is a small unincorporated community in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ... Lower Gwynedd Township is a township located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. ... Oreland is a census-designated place (CDP) in Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, just outside of the Chestnut Hill area of Philadelphia, with a ZIP code of 19075. ... Plymouth Meeting is a census-designated place located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. ... Upper Dublin Township is an upper middle class township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. ... Whitemarsh Township is a township located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. ... Map of Philadelphia County with Northeast Highlighted. ... Map of Philadelphia County with Northewst Philadelphia highlighted. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Map of Philadelphia County with Northewst Philadelphia highlighted. ... South Philadelphia district, highlighted on map of Philadelphia County. ... West Philadelphia is a region of the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the western side of the Schuylkill River to the city line, centrally located and stretching north and south of Market Street, but not including areas south of Baltimore Ave, which is a part of Southwestern Philadelphia. ... Map of Philadelphia County with North Philadelphia highlighted. ... Center City District, highlighted on a map of Philadelphia County. ... Cheltenham Township is a township located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. ... Jenkintown is a borough located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, ten miles (16 km) north of Philadelphia. ... Abington Township is a township located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. ... Upper Moreland Township is a township located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. ... Lower Moreland Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. ... The Hatboro-Horsham School District is located in Montgomery County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ... Bryn Athyn is a borough located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. ...

Scout camps

Cradle of Liberty Council operates three camps in Pennsylvania: the Treasure Island Scout Reservation, the Musser Scout Reservation (from the merger of the Camp Delmont and Camp Hart) near Green Lane, and the Resica Falls Scout Reservation, composed of Camp Firestone and Camp Big Springs, north of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania in the Pocono Mountains. While Camp Big Springs is still an active summer camp, the declining attendence and enrollment of the Camp Firestone summer program has caused Firestone to close. This camp is currently used mainly as a Order of the Arrow lodging area and a High Adventure camp. The twin camps of Hart and Delmont had been operated by the Philadelphia and Valley Forge councils respectively before the merger; their consolidation under the name Musser Scout Reservation was a tribute to Pete Musser and the Musser family, long-time Scouting supporters. Treasure Island is a Boy Scout camp located between Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania and Frenchtown, New Jersey, situated in the middle of the Delaware River and owned by the Cradle of Liberty Council (formerly the Philadelphia Area Council prior to its merger with the Valley Forge Council in 1996). ... Camp Hart Bridge traversing Unami Creek Musser Scout Reservation is a Boy Scout camp located along the Unami Creek on over 1400 acres of Marlborough Township, Pennsylvania. ... Resica Falls camp patch Resica Falls Scout Reservation is composed of Camp Firestone and Camp Big Springs, north of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania in the Pocono Mountains. ... East Stroudsburg is a borough in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, 32 miles (51 km) north of Easton. ... Pennsylvanias Pocono region counties The Poconos, or the Pocono Mountains region, is a mountainous region of about 2,400 square miles (6,200 kmÂ²) located in northeastern Pennsylvania, approximately 30 miles north of Allentown, in the United States. ... Warren V. Pete Musser, born in 1938, is the past Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. ...

Treasure Island was damaged by floods from the Delaware River in 2005 and again in 2006, forcing its closure for the 2005 and 2006 seasons. Resica Falls is situated near the controversial Tocks Island Dam project of the 1960s, now the present-day Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (967x773, 1869 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Cradle of Liberty Council User talk:Evrik/images Categories: | ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (967x773, 1869 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Cradle of Liberty Council User talk:Evrik/images Categories: | ... Tocks Island, located upstream from Delaware Water Gap in the Delaware River was the controversial site of a dam, proposed in the 1950s, which would have created a 37 mile (60 km) long lake between Pennsylvania and New Jersey. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, administered by the National Park Service, preserves almost 70,000 acres (283 kmÂ²) of land along the Delaware Rivers New Jersey and Pennsylvania shores. ...

The council no longer owns any properties in or near Philadelphia. In 1929, Henry W. Breyer, Jr., purchased the abandoned Lindenhurst property once owned by John Wanamaker in Cheltenham on York Road, below Washington Lane. Breyer donated the former Wanamaker land to the Boy Scouts of America for use as a wildlife preserve.^[4] The camp was accessible to city-scouts by taking the train to the Jenkintown station. Camp Henry W. Breyer (40°5′7.1″ N 75°7′52″ W ) was sold by the Philadelphia Council in 1990 and is now the site of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry. Breyers Ice Cream is a brand of ice cream owned by Unilever (part of their United States Good Humor-Breyers unit). ... John Wanamaker (July 11, 1838 â€“ December 12, 1922) was a United States businessman, civic and political figure, considered the father of modern advertising. ... Cheltenham Township is a township located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. ... Jenkintown is a station along the SEPTA Main Line. ... The Pennsylvania College of Optometry [ PCO] is one of the oldest optometry schools training Doctors and throughout most of the 20th century has been a leader in both training and research. ...

At one point, the Philadelphia Council was also given a tract of land near the Roxborough Reservoir at Port Royal Avenue and Eva Street (40.0556° N 75.2438° W). ^[5] This land was eventually sold and is now part of the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education. ^[6]

Order of the Arrow Lodge

The Cradle of Liberty's Order of the Arrow Lodge, Unami Lodge One, is the oldest OA lodge in the country, and in 2005 celebrated its 90th anniversary. The current membership consists of members from the pre-1997 merger of the Philadelphia and Valley Forge Councils, along with new members who joined after 1997. Delmont Lodge 43, the Valley Forge lodge, simply folded as to preserve the histories and traditions of Unami One, but its Vigil Honor members, Founders' Award recipients, and other honored members are preserved from the records of both lodges. Image File history File links Unami_Lodge_Flap. ... Image File history File links Unami_Lodge_Flap. ... The Order of the Arrow (OA) is a program of the Boy Scout division of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). ...

Philadelphia Council also had several other OA lodges in the early days of the OA (an early bylaw allowed each Scout camp within a "first class council" to have itw own OA lodge), but the others folded to become part of Unami Lodge after bylaw changes and camp closures. The only exception to the "one council, one lodge" rule is the five OA lodges in the Greater New York Councils in New York City, in which each of the five boroughs is treated as a "council within a council." Image File history File links Philadelphia_CSP.pngâ€Ž Source: Self This is a logo of a Scouting organization, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ... Image File history File links Philadelphia_CSP.pngâ€Ž Source: Self This is a logo of a Scouting organization, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ... It has been suggested that Baiting Hollow Scout Camp be merged into this article or section. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676 Government - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area...

Offices

As a result of the merger, the Cradle of Liberty Council maintains two offices, the Bruce S. Marks Scout Resource Center in Philadelphia, the other, the Roger S. Firestone Scout Resource Center, in Wayne, just outside of Valley Forge just over the Chester County line. Chester County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ...

The Marks Scout Resource Center in Philadelphia was built in 1929. The Beaux Arts style building was designed by architect Charles Klauder. It is located at 22nd and Winter Streets.^[7] The first copy of the R. Tait McKenzie sculpture The Ideal Scout stands outside the Marks Center. Beaux-Arts architecture[1] denotes the academic classical architectural style that was taught at the Ã‰cole des Beaux Arts in Paris. ... Charles Klauder was an American architect known for his work on university buildings. ... Dr. Robert Tait Mackenzie (1867 Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontarioâ€“1938 Almonte, Ontario) was a Canadian-born American sculptor, scouter, scholar-athlete, surgeon, soldier, and physical educator. ...

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Famous alumni

Thomas Charles Lasorda (born September 22, 1927 in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is a former Major League baseball pitcher and manager. ...

Controversies

In 2003, the City of Philadelphia, under the leadership of Mayor John F. Street, filed a suit against the council when the council, threatened by the National BSA office in Texas with a cease and desist order (in essence, the dissolving of the council) due to the council's policy in the tolerance of homosexuals in the BSA, acquiesced to the BSA's National policy regarding the nonacceptance of openly homosexual individuals. Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ... John Franklin Street (born October 15, 1943) is the 97th Mayor of the City of Philadelphia. ...

Because of the BSA's policy in barring homosexuals from its membership, the council adopted a policy to allow all those, regardless of sexual orientation, color, race, and religion, to join the program, mainly to regain funds from the local United Way, but was forced to rescind the policy at the annual BSA meeting that was held in the city. The Democrat-controlled city, which owns the Philadelphia building, and has bylaws written in its city charter prohibiting the discrimination of all individuals, was furious at this decision. The United Way of America is a coalition of charitable organizations that have traditionally pooled efforts in fundraising. ...

Because of the decision, the city wanted the council to vacate the office at 23rd and Winter Streets (next to the Franklin Institute science museum), but drew fire by both Scouting officials and city residents, who saw Scouting as an alternatives to the "mean streets" of the depressed areas of the city. Since then, the city has reversed its decision, as the possibility of a sweeping election by Street's reelection opponent, Sam Katz, a Republican, would have favored both the BSA and the administration of President George W. Bush. Image File history File links Valley_Forge_CSP.pngâ€Ž Source: Self This is a logo of a Scouting organization, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ... Image File history File links Valley_Forge_CSP.pngâ€Ž Source: Self This is a logo of a Scouting organization, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ... Budd BB-1 in front of museum The Franklin Institute is the memorial to Benjamin Franklin, that serves to perpetuate his legacy; the museum contains many of Franklins personal effects. ... Samuel (Sam) Michael Katz, OM , BA (born Rehovot, Israel, 1951) is the 42nd mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...

In July 2006, Mayor Street once again told the council to change its policy on letting homosexuals be leaders, pay fair market rent or leave the Marks Scout Resource Center. The city said that providing the city owned property rent free to the council violates Philadelphia's anti-discrimination laws. The BSA planned to fight to the city's decision.^[1] Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1870x1197, 2597 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Cradle of Liberty Council User talk:Evrik/images Category: ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1870x1197, 2597 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Cradle of Liberty Council User talk:Evrik/images Category: ...

The Fairmount Park Commission also endorsed the move by the Street administration to force the Boy Scouts to vacate its headquarters on city land.^[10] However, citing "rising violence and other urban ills daily threatening Philadelphia's teens," some community leaders said it made no sense to evict the Boy Scout.^[11] Also, some questioned the objectivity of city solicitor Romulo L. Diaz, Jr., himself openly gay, in moving to evict the Scouts^[12] - especially in light of the fact that the city could lose $62 million in federal funds with the eviction^[13] because of the Support Our Scouts Act of 2005 and the Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act.^[14] The Support Our Scouts Act of 2005 was passed to prevent State and Federal agencies from reducing their support for the Boy Scouts of America (and other youth organization). ... The Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act was passed to prevent State and Federal agencies from reducing their support for the Boy Scouts of America (and other youth organization). ...

No problems had yet occurred between local officials and the council over the suburban (former Valley Forge) office, a possible fact being that the former Valley Forge Council office is located in the northern fringes of the affluent Main Line area, and that the area is mostly made up of conservatives from northern Chester County. In fact, most of the council's activities and training sessions occur in the suburban office, due to its size and flooring area, and it has been slated for expansion since the merger. The city office, which houses the Scout Executive and District Executives for the districts within the city limits, has less space for training, and has been maintained mainly for easier access to city residents, who would otherwise have to use either mass transit (which has limited stops in Valley Forge), or drive on the Schuylkill Expressway (Interstate 76), which is notorious for backups between Center City and Valley Forge. For the historic canal, see Pennsylvania Main Line of Public Works. ... Chester County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ... The Schuylkill Expressway (I-76) runs along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. ... Interstate 76 (abbreviated I-76) is an Interstate Highway in the United States, running 435 miles (700 km) from an interchange with Interstate 71 west of Akron, Ohio east to Interstate 295 near Camden, New Jersey. ...

Contents

History

Districts

Scout camps

Order of the Arrow Lodge

Offices

Famous alumni

Controversies

See also

External links

Notes

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Districts

Scout camps

Order of the Arrow Lodge

Offices

Famous alumni

Controversies

See also

External links

Notes

History