Location: Ermita, Manila
Category: Association/Institution/Organization
Type: Organization
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: 1956
Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES
ORGANIZED AS PHILIPPINE COUNCIL, BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, 1923, CHARTERED AS BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES UNDER COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 111, 31 OCTOBER 1936. COL. JOSEPH E.H. STEVENOT, FIRST PRESIDENT; JUDGE MANUEL CAMUS, FIRST FILIPINO PRESIDENT. CONSTRUCTION OF FIRST PERMANENT NATIONAL OFFICE BUILDING FINANCED BY PUBLIC CONTRIBUTIONS AND PROCEEDS OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 595 DURING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE HON. JORGE B. VARGAS, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF SCOUT. SITE RESERVED UNDER PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION NO. 148, 30 SEPTEMBER 1949. BUILDING COMPLETED 15 OCTOBER 1955; INAUGURATED 30 DECEMBER 1955.
