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Cub Scouts

American organization

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founded by Baden-Powell

In Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
… in Great Britain (known as Cub Scouts in the United States) for boys under the age of 11. At the first international Boy Scout Jamboree (London, 1920), he was acclaimed chief scout of the world.
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relationship to Boy Scouts

In Boy Scouts
… (known in some countries as Cub Scouts). Programs have been developed for even younger boys (Beaver Scouts in the U.K. for age 6 to 8, Tiger Cubs in the U.S. for age 7). In the U.S., Varsity programs are open to boys 14 through 17 years old and Venturing to…
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