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Scout is the first award earned by a Scout in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). It is properly not a rank, but the 'joining requirement', and Tenderfoot is the first proper rank. The Scout badge has a brown fleur-de-lis on a tan background. The fleur-de-lis symbolizes a compass needle, pointing the Scout in the right direction, which is onward and upward. The badge is awarded when the boy demonstrates a rudimentary knowledge of the Scouting ideals.[1]
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- ^ Boy Scout Joining Requirements. U.S. Scouting Service Project. Retrieved on March 23, 2006.
