Boy Scout Memorial
Item
Title
Boy Scout Memorial
Description
The Boy Scout Memorial is a bronze and granite sculpture honoring the Boy Scouts of America. It is located on the White House Ellipse on the site of the 1937 Boy Scout Jamboree. Built without any public funds, Boy Scouts raised all the money for the memorial themselves by collecting dimes. Then Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson authored legislation permitting the memorial on the Mall. The sculpture includes a Boy Scout flanked by idealized figures of adults. Scrolls at the base of the memorial list the names of each Boy Scout who participated in the dime-collecting effort.
Creator
Donald De Lue
Source
National Park Service. View original.
Date
11/07/1964 (Dedicated)
Coverage
1950-1979
Spatial Coverage
38°53′37.93″N, 77°2′3.38″W
topic
design & monuments