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  Pennsylvania Masonic Youth Foundation
The Daniel Carter Beard Masonic Scouter Award is an honor due to the countless Freemasons who practice the ideals of Freemasonry and act as role models to the young men who are part of one of our nation's most outstanding youth organizations.
The Daniel Carter Beard Masonic Award not only supports the Masonic relationship through the man who brought Scouting to America, but proclaims the integrity of the Freemason who is honored by receiving the award.
The Daniel Carter Beard Masonic Scouter Award consists of a certificate endorsed by the recipient's Grand Master, a Masonic neck medallion, and a Boy Scouts of America-approved knot patch to be worn with a Scout uniform.
www.pagrandlodge.com /pyf/pgm/scouter   (994 words)

  
  Daniel Carter Beard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Daniel Carter (Uncle Dan) Beard (June 21, 1850– June 11, 1941) was an American illustrator, author, and social reformer from Covington, Kentucky.
He founded the Sons of Daniel Boone, a boy's organization that was a precurser of the Boy Scouts in 1906.
The Daniel Carter Beard Bridge, which carries I-471 across the Ohio River, was named for him.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Daniel_Carter_Beard   (256 words)

  
 Daniel Carter Beard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Daniel Carter Beard was known as "Uncle Dan" from 1850-1941.
Daniel was national scout leader from 1910 until he died.
Daniel Carter Beard was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1850 and died in 1941.
home.fuse.net /rbrownfield/Daniel_Carter_Beard.html   (115 words)

  
 Dan Beard - The Friend of Youth - by J. Irving Crump
Beard took this vacation, for probably if he had not made the trip he would have continued to be a civil engineer for the rest of his days and the boys of this country would never have known the invaluable treasures that he has dug out of his apparently inexhaustible fund.
So far-reaching have been Dan Beard's efforts and the influence of his books that for four decades he has enjoyed the enviable privilege of being at once the friend and the hero of thousands of the boys of today and the men who were the boys of yesterday.
Daniel Carter Beard (1850-1941) had an unusually diverse career that brought him into national prominence as an illustrator, reformer, naturalist, and co-founder of the Boy Scouts of America.
www.trussel.com /prehist/crump/beard1.htm   (2870 words)

  
 The Enquirer - Rob Kaiser - June 2, 1996
Beard, 58, of Portland, Ore., the grandson of Boy Scouts of America founder Daniel Carter Beard, flew to Northern Kentucky on Friday in a Scout's honor.
Beard's brain for memories of his grandfather and rummage through his boxes of Daniel Carter Beard memorabilia.
Still, the sheets were on, and the bed in Daniel Carter Beard's old room was made when her son returned with his guest.
www.enquirer.com /columns/kaiser/1996/06/060296_rk.html   (871 words)

  
 Beard — FactMonster.com
To beard one is to defy him, to contradict him flatly, to insult by plucking the beard.
beard - beard beard, hair on the lower portion of the face.
Daniel Carter Beard - Beard, Daniel Carter Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850–1941, American illustrator and naturalist, b.
www.factmonster.com /dictionary/brewers/beard.html   (433 words)

  
 Boys' Youth Group Uniforms: Daniel Carter Beard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Daniel Carter Beard, American illustrator and naturalist, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Daniel Carter Beard founded the Sons of Daniel Boone in 1905 and his colorful personality and leadership played an important part in the early American Boy Scout movement.
Daniel Carter Beard was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1850 but grew up in Covington, Kentucky where he learned the many tales of Daniel Boone and the American pioneers.The son of painter, James H. Beard, had two of his brothers, Frank and James C. Education
histclo.hispeed.com /youth/youth/bio/b-dcb.htm   (1145 words)

  
 MASONS - Daniel Carter Beard Award
The Daniel Carter Beard Masonic Scouter Award is an honor due to members of the Masonic Lodge who act as role models and provide dedicated service to the young men in the BSA.
The Daniel Carter Beard Masonic Award not only supports the Masonic relationship through the man who brought Scouting to America, but proclaims the integrity of the recipient who is honored by receiving the award.
The Daniel Carter Beard Masonic Scouter Award is what is known as a "Community Organization Award," which can be used by any community organization to honor its volunteers for Scouting.
www.dacbsa.org /Awards/Daniel-Carter-Beard-Award.htm   (651 words)

  
 boys' organizations: the Sons of Daniel Boone/Boy Pioneers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Beard was a strong advovate of Scouting and joined his organizxation with the Boy Scouts of America.
Beard in founding the SDB ientified himself and his group with a central symbol of American nationalism--the pioneer scout.
Beard unlike Seaton was not primarily concerned with establishing a youth movement.
histclo.hispeed.com /youth/youth/org/nat/us/boone.htm   (1376 words)

  
 DANIEL CARTER BEARD MALL - Historical Sign
Daniel Carter Beard (1850-1941), known to millions of Boy Scouts as "Uncle Dan," was a prominent Progressive-era reformer, outdoorsman, illustrator, and author.
Beard became interested in the plight of urban youth while touring tenements in the Lower East Side in 1878.
Beard’s other accomplishments included teaching at the Art Students’ League of New York, serving on the Board of Education, establishing an outdoor school for boys, and writing dozens of books.
www.nycgovparks.org /sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=215   (626 words)

  
 Scoutings Founding Fathers
To keep alive the spirit of the pioneers, he formed "The Society of the Sons of Daniel Boone".
For we are the Sons of Daniel Boone
Like James West, Beard was originally against a younger boy program for Scouting and felt the term "Cub" derogatory.
users.aol.com /randywoo/bsahis/unc.htm   (492 words)

  
 The Political Art of Dan Beard
The son of painter James H. Beard, he and two of his brothers, Frank and James C. Beard, became prominent New York-based illustrators and cartoonists after establishing a shared studio in 1878.
Tattooed Men, by Dan Beard, The Public 2 (Jan. 13, 1900), a satire on the signs of civilization and savagery of American Indians and the U.S. military.
Mutual Inspiration: Twain, Crosby, and Beard on American Imperialism, by Jim Zwick, on a little-known episode involving the anti-imperialist writings and illustrations of Mark Twain, Ernest Crosby, and Dan Beard.
www.boondocksnet.com /gallery/dcb_intro.html   (696 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Boat-Building and Boating: Books: Daniel Carter Beard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Based on the age of his audience, Beard assumed only the most basic of skills from potential builders, and his resulting directions and plans have become a classic in the school of "quick and dirty" boatbuilding.
A Progressive-era reformer, outdoorsman, illustrator, and author, Daniel Carter Beard was known to millions of Boy Scouts as "Uncle Dan, the groups first National Commissioner, a post he held until his death in 1941.
Beard began a career as an illustrator with the Sanborn Map and Publishing Company, and went on to have his illustrations appear in dozens of magazines and newspapers from Harper's Weekly and the New York Herald to children's magazines such as St. Nicholas.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1929516177?v=glance   (566 words)

  
 DANIEL CARTER BEARD - AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED 05/10/1894
Beard (1850-1941) was a successful illustrator for many national magazines and had illustrated the first edition of Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
Beard, who also wrote and illustrated a number of books and articles on woodcraft and nature study, was involved in boys' organizations.
Beard's letters are not common, and those incorporating drawings are especially desirable.
www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/1_2003/artists/DANIEL_CARTER_BEARD.htm   (398 words)

  
 Directory - Recreation: Scouting: History: Associations: Boy Scouts of America: Beard, Daniel Carter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Beard, Daniel Carter  · Biographical sketch in The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition.
Beard, Daniel Carter (1850-1941)  · Biographical note and bibliography of Uncle Dan Beard, one of scouting's founding fathers.
The Political Art of Dan Beard  · Biography of political illustrator Dan Beard, later a co-founder of the Boy Scouts of America, and examples of his works that appeared in books by Mark Twain, Bolton Hall, and Ernest Crosby from 1889 to 1904.
www.incywincy.com /default?p=461479   (194 words)

  
 Daniel Carter Beard and Mark Twain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Daniel Carter Beard, National Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America and father of the Scouting movement in America, celebrated his eighty-second birthday yesterday while congratulations and friendly messages poured in upon him from all over the United States.
Beard said, had been spent revising his book, "Bugs, Butterflies and Beetles," and the new edition is to appear in a short time.
Beard referred to his work as an illustrator, for which he won acclaim forty years and more ago.
www.twainquotes.com /19320622.html   (456 words)

  
 Daniel Carter Beard — FactMonster.com
Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850–1941, American illustrator and naturalist, b.
To boys all over the country he was known as Uncle Dan.
Beard, adjoining Mt. McKinley, is named for him.
www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0806604.html   (154 words)

  
 The Academy of Natural Sciences - Library - Digital Collections - The Fairy Tale World of Henry McCook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Daniel Carter Beard had an unusually diverse career that brought him into national prominence as an illustrator, naturalist, and co-founder of the Boy Scouts of America.
Born in Cincinatti, Ohio, Beard was the son of painter James H. Beard.
Beard co-founded the Boy Scouts of America, designing their uniforms and emblem.
www.acnatsci.org /library/collections/fairytaleworld/tenants/tenants.html   (664 words)

  
 About Uncle Dan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Daniel Carter Beard was born on June 21, 1850 at 17 W. 9th Street in Cincinnati.
Beard loved exploring the banks of the nearby Ohio River and the Banklick Creek region south of Covington.
Daniel Carter Beard remained active with the Boy Scouts of America for the next four decades.
www.danbeard.com /about_uncle_dan.htm   (686 words)

  
 Fact Sheet: Founders of Scouting and the BSA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
After returning as a military hero from service in Africa, Baden-Powell discovered that English boys were reading the manual on stalking and survival in the wilderness he had written for British soldiers.
Gathering ideas from Ernest Thompson Seton, Daniel Carter Beard, and others, he rewrote the manual as a nonmilitary nature skill book and called it Scouting for Boys.
Woodsman, illustrator, and naturalist, Daniel Carter Beard was a pioneering spirit of the Boy Scouts of America.
www.scouting.org /factsheets/02-211.html   (510 words)

  
 Palladium-Item - www.pal-item.com - Richmond, Ind.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
George Eastman, secretary and past master of Webb Lodge, made the presentation of a framed certificate, a medallion with the square and compass and letter G suspended on a blue and silver ribbon, and a knot to be displayed on the Boy Scout uniform.
The award is named in honor of Daniel Carter Beard, who was one of the worldwide Boy Scouting movement founders.
Beard was Boy Scouts of America's first national commissioner.
www.pal-item.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050320/NEWS13/503200333/1007   (525 words)

  
 THE FATHERS OF SCOUTING
Dan Beard had a fun-filled boyhood in the woods along the Ohio River.
Beard suggested that the boys make their own uniforms in frontiersman style.
The Sons of Daniel Boone (and Beard's later organization, the Boy Pioneers) had "stockades" of eight boys each.
www.rogerknapp.com /download/fathers.htm   (1742 words)

  
 Commissioner Service PBAC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In the early days of the BSA, units were organized by resourceful individuals who sometimes had to acquire the materials from England and other places to make it happen.
Daniel Carter Beard was asked to be the first National Commissioner.
Part of his duties were to create a uniform standard as well as standards for program and field operations.
www.pineburrscouting.org /commish/history.htm   (722 words)

  
 U.S. boy scout uniforms: The 1900s   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The two principal presursor groups to the Boy Scouts of American (BSA) were Ernest Thompson Seton's Woodcraft Indians and Daniel Carter Beard's Sons of Daniel Boone.
While Seaton and Beard provided the true inspiration for American Scouting, neither had the organizational and administrative skills needed to found a large national organization.
Daniel Carter Beard founds the Sons of Daniel Boone in 1905.
histclo.hispeed.com /youth/youth/org/sco/country/us/scoutus900.htm   (291 words)

  
 Pa Freemason November 02 - Daniel Carter Beard Masonic Scouter Award
The Daniel Carter Beard Masonic Scouter Award, created to honor those Masons who are actively serving the Boy Scout movement, continues to gain much attention and interest throughout the Commonwealth.
All Master Masons are invited to recommend a brother for the award named in honor of Daniel Carter Beard, a New York Mason who was largely responsible for the development of the Scout movement in America.
Brethren on record as having received the Daniel Carter Beard Masonic Award during the period from June 1 to Sept. 10 are:
www.pagrandlodge.org /freemason/1102/scouter.html   (471 words)

  
 I-471 Daniel Carter Beard Bridge
The Daniel Carter Beard Bridge was dedicated in 1981 as the river crossing for I-471.
The Daniel Carter Beard Bridge is named after the founder of the Boy Scouts, who was born and raised nearby.
Presumably these new bridges would be tied arch bridges of a style matching the current bridge, but no preliminary drawings have been made public and no official planning is currently underway.
www.cincinnati-transit.net /bigmac.html   (479 words)

  
 Daniel Carter Beard
Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850–1941, American illustrator and naturalist, b.
Building a workers' republic: Charles A. Beard's critique of liberalism in the 1930s.
The Beards Were Right: Parties in the North, 1840-1860.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0806604.html   (225 words)

  
 News-Star OnlineGarlington receives Boy Scout Masonic award 06/07/03
A local man was recently awarded The Daniel Carter Beard Masonic Scouter Award.
Norvel Garlington, left, receives the Daniel Carter Beard Masonic Award from Robert Dani, Scouting chairman of the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma and Garry Odom, grand secretary of Grand Lodge of Oklahoma, past grand master of Grand Lodge of the State of Oklahoma and an Eagle Scout of the Last Frontier Council.
It was the first Daniel Carter Beard Masonic Scouter Award to be presented in the state.
www.news-star.com /stories/060703/New_12.shtml   (293 words)

  
 Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Beard explains how to construct a variety of worry-free shelters appropriate to a natural environment that is by turns both friendly and foreboding.
Included are a sod house for the lawn, a treetop house, over-water camps, and an American log cabin.
Fully recognizing that the outdoorsman builds a shelter with the intention of inhabiting it, Beard explains how to build hearths and chimneys, notched log ladders, and even how to rig secret locks.
www.familyhaven.com /bookstore/home3/1558219528AMUS275297.shtml   (131 words)

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