Today Girls Scouts of America celebrated her 100th birthday. On March 12th, 1912 Juliette Gordon Low called her cousin Nina; two sentences began a revolutionizing movement. Juliette famously said to Nina, “Come right over! I’ve got something for the girls of Savannah (Georgia), and all of America, and all the world, and we’re going to start it tonight!” To commemorate Girl Scouts’ founder Juliette Low and the movement’s 100th anniversary, 8 sunset celebrations were held in San Diego County. Girl Scouts in Mission Bay, Santee, Poway, Oceanside, Coronado, La Jolla Shores, Fallbrook, and Imperial Beach gathered with their local service units and celebrated Girl Scouts while the sun went down.
At La Jolla Shores, there was a flag ceremony, a reenactment of the famous phone call, many sing-a-longs, a friendship circle, and the girls exchanged SWAPS (“Special Whatchamacallits Affectionately Pinned Somewhere.”)
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I loved exchanging SWAPS when I was a Girl Scout. Definitely some fond memories and encampments that stand out in my childhood..
SWAPS! ha i remember those but i had no idea what they stood for! Very clever..
^^ actually – in response to your question, the Girl Scouts do still sing that song. (Taps)
I was a Girl Scout not too long ago and we always sang it just like you said.
It’s pretty cool some traditions never change.
That is a wonderful idea- celebrating Girl Scout’s birthday while the sun goes down. It’s like that song “Taps” that we always sang when I was a Scout. (Day is done, gone the sun…)
I wonder if you girls still sing that that song at the end of ceremonies or encampments or something?