{"id":1316,"date":"1961-01-02T21:38:41","date_gmt":"1961-01-02T21:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyjfk.com\/?p=1316"},"modified":"2012-10-24T20:46:07","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T00:46:07","slug":"boy-scouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyjfk.com\/boy-scouts\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy Scouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JFK was involved in the Boy Scouts both as a youth and adult. He was a member of Troop 2 in Bronxville, New York from 1929 to 1931. He was the first Boy Scout to become President of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>From 1946 to 1955 he was active in the Boston district, serving as district vice-chairman, executive board member, district vice-president, and national council representative. In 1961, he was National Honorary\u00a0President.<\/p>\n<p>He described Scouting&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor more than 50 years, Scouting has played an important part in the lives of the Boy Scouts of this nation. 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