SO PROUDLY THEY HAIL.Byline: The Register-Guard Girl Scouts Girl Scouts, recreational and service organization founded (1912) in Savannah, Ga., by Mrs. Juliette Gordon Low (1860–1927). It was originally modeled after the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, organizations created in Great Britain by Sir Robert Baden-Powell during from Troop 38 sing "The Star-Spangled Star´-span`gled a. 1. Spangled or studded with stars. Star-spangled banner the popular name for the national ensign of the United States; also the name of a poem, the words of which were composed by Francis Scott Key, Banner" during a Veterans Day ceremony on Friday at the Veterans Memorial Building on Willamette Street in Eugene. The ceremony was held jointly by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 293 and American Legion American Legion, national association of male and female war veterans, founded (1919) in Paris. Membership is open to veterans of World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Post 3. |
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