Historic Trails Award

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Historic Trails Award
OwnerScouting America
CountryUnited States
Created1956
Awarded forStudying, hiking or camp along, and performing a service project for a historic trail
Website
http://www.scouting.org/awards/awards-central/historic-trails/
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The Historic Trails Award is an award of Scouting America designed to promote the ideals of Scouting, Scoutcraft, citizenship, self-reliance, and appreciation of national history. It is awarded for studying, hiking or camping along, and performing a service project for a historic trail. The award may be earned by Cub Scouts, Scouts, Sea Scouts, Venturers and Scout Leaders.[1] The Historic Trails Award was established in April 1956, along with the 50-Miler Award.[2][3]

Award

The Historic Trails Award is presented as a cloth or leather patch and as a decal. The award may not be worn on the uniform but is affixed to equipment such as backpacks or sewn onto items such as patch vests or blankets.[4]

Requirements

Although the Historic Trails Award is an individual award, the requirements are performed as a group, where groups may be the pack, troop, ship, or crew or a provisional group composed of members of various units. The trip must be properly planned and may include other opportunities for advancement and recognition.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Historic Trails Award".
  2. ↑ "High Adventure Awards". Boys' Life. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Boy Scouts of America: 28. April 1956. Retrieved July 4, 2010.
  3. ↑ Hillcourt, Bill "Green Bar Bill" (November 1957). "Let's Relive History". Boys' Life. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Boy Scouts of America: 40. Retrieved July 4, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Historic Trails Award". U.S. Scouting Service Project. February 5, 2008. Retrieved July 4, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Historic Trails Award". Boy Scouts of America. 2010. Retrieved July 4, 2010.