Pwenner: In parallel with a secret club for older boys called Old Glory Forever or OGF, scouting began in Brunswick around 1915 with the establishment of Boy Scout Troop 5. This 1920 photograph shows some of well-dressed scouts on a hike to Virginia Springs, a source of Brunswick's water supply. Pictured here, from left to right are Bill Deener, Raymond, Funk, scoutmaster George A. Hood, and Louis Rice. The Brunswick Girl Scouts were introduced in 1921 by schoolteachers Lavinia and Georgia Hood. Bru...

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In parallel with a secret club for older boys called Old Glory Forever or OGF, scouting began in Brunswick around 1915 with the establishment of Boy Scout Troop 5. This 1920 photograph shows some of well-dressed scouts on a hike to Virginia Springs, a source of Brunswick's water supply. Pictured here, from left to right are Bill Deener, Raymond, Funk, scoutmaster George A. Hood, and Louis Rice. The Brunswick Girl Scouts were introduced in 1921 by schoolteachers Lavinia and Georgia Hood. Bru...

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== Summary ==
In parallel with a secret club for older boys called Old Glory Forever or OGF, scouting began in Brunswick around 1915 with the establishment of Boy Scout Troop 5. This 1920 photograph shows some of well-dressed scouts on a hike to Virginia Springs, a source of Brunswick's water supply. Pictured here, from left to right are Bill Deener, Raymond, Funk, scoutmaster George A. Hood, and Louis Rice.

The Brunswick Girl Scouts were introduced in 1921 by schoolteachers Lavinia and Georgia Hood. Brunswick Girl Scouts were traditionally affiliated with local churches.

Please feel free to share your scouting memories here.

(Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission; information from "Images of America: Brunswick by Mary Rubin)

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