Brian Gardner, a young Englishman who has given up journalism for history, deserves a merit badge for his neat hatchet job on Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell. The world’s first Boy Scout ...

Earlier this year, George earned his 137th and final merit badge offered by the Boy Scouts ... such as coloring books, toothbrushes and teddy bears. Andrew and other Scouts raised $6,000 and ...

There the blue books were, in a box with letters and papers and even my Boy Scout merit badge sash. Those small, line-ruled exam notebooks were proof that more than 60 years ago I took tests while ...