Let's Sing (Dinner and Reception Tendered by Mr John McE. Bowman and the Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York to the Volunteer Scout Leaders, Hotel Commodore, May 22m 1924

[Ephemera], [Boy Scouts], [Volunteerism]

Edité par Greater New York Boy Scout Foundation, New York, NY, 1924

A propos de cet article

B&W Illustrations; This is a tri-fold brochure with the program (actually two folds, making six pages) , including song lyrics for a fund-raising dinner and reception. The brochure is in Good only condition, with edge wear, rubbing, creasing, edge tears and creasing. The brochure also has generalized toning. "When Roosevelt (Franklin) organized the Boy Scout Foundation in 1922 and became its President, the camps at Kanawauke Lakes in the Palisades Interstate Park were being leased by the Boy Scouts of New York City. At the time, Roosevelt set three objectives, one of which was a permanent camp for the N. Y. C. Boy Scouts, adequate for all time. Year after year camp attendance had risen steadily until the possibilities for expansion were exhausted. The camp was simply too small and no more wild lands were available in the vicinity with which to enlarge the camping facilities. Underprivileged youth campers, mainly from New York City, filled other nearby lakes. Accordingly, about 1924, Roosevelt's far reaching vision and limitless energies started the ball rolling toward the acquisition of a new Boy Scout camp site large enough to meet any future needs. The campsite search committee, including two judges, Frederic Kernochan and James Cropsey, searched diligently for two years within a fifty-mile radius of New York City, but to no avail. It was deemed absolutely essential to acquire a very large parcel of land, since it was assumed that camp attendance would continue to grow at the rapid rate of the 1920s. The land also had to contain lakes, streams, swamps, timberland, and few main roads. Other requirements included relative isolation from settled communities, accessibility by rail, water and public highways and an adequate water supply. While multiple sites were considered, some seriously, no such campsite could be found within fifty miles of New York City. ": (Ten Mile River Museum- Boy Scouts).

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• Titre: Let's Sing (Dinner and Reception Tendered by Mr John McE. Bowman and the Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York to the Volunteer Scout Leaders, Hotel Commodore, May 22m 1924
• Éditeur: Greater New York Boy Scout Foundation, New York, NY
• Date de parution: 1924
• Reliure: Other
• État de l'article: Good