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While making our list of the ten easiest Eagle required merit badges to get, we have focused only on the 13 merit badges that are required for receiving the Eagle status.
But even with the signal importance of the act of voting, there is far more to being an American citizen. When I was a Boy Scout, to earn my Citizen in the Community Merit Badge, I had to ...
In collaboration with the Discovery Center of Springfield, the museum event offers Scouts a way to earn a variety of merit badges — including key Eagle Scout-required badges such as Citizenship ...
Citizenship is also about being willing to serve in public offices at all levels of government. According to University of Virginia political scientist Jennifer Lawless, there are 519,682 elected ...
Merit Badge University offers Scouts the chance to work on merit badges in interest areas such as STEM, outdoor skills, first aid, citizenship, personal development, and more.
Hundreds of Scouts gather at the 21st Merit Badge University on Saturday, July 23, 2022, at State Technical College of Missouri in Linn, Mo. From left, Ben Gouge, Troop 62, Levi Richards, Troop 54 ...
At Scouting America’s Merit Badge University on Saturday on the University of Missouri campus, Scouts had more than 50 career-related classes to choose from. “There were almost 1,000 ...
The event, called Citizenship Merit Badge University, is set up to give Boy Scouts an opportunity to earn all four of their citizenship merit badges, which are required to become an Eagle Scout.
The History Museum on the Square will host an inaugural Merit Badge University, a day for Scouts to learn about the history of Springfield. The Jan. 18 event will allow Scouts to spend a day ...
Declan Draic, 10, left, and Gabriel Schulz, 12, from Santa Fe, are with a group of Boy Scouts in a class to earn a Citizenship in Society Merit Badge, in the New Mexico Supreme Court Library ...