A day of perpetual mourning, January 6, 1919 saw the death of what former US President, the 26th, whom the BSA gave the title of Chief Scout Citizen, the only such person to hold that honor, shortly before his death?
History of the Boy Scouts of America second-class councils with volunteer commissioners could keep five cents. The first annual meeting was held in February 1911 at the White House. It was agreed that the President of the United States— then William Howard Taft —was to be the honorary president of the BSA. Every U.S. president since has been elected by the Executive Board as the honorary president of the BSA. Former President Theodore Roosevelt was selected as the Chief Scout Citizen and honorary vice-president. Gifford Pinchot was selected as Chief Woodsman. The new edition of the handbook– "The Official Handbook for Boys" was published. West was elevated
The Death of a President The Death of a President The Death of a President: November 20–November 25, 1963 is historian William Manchester's 1967 account of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The book gained public attention before it was published when Kennedy's widow Jacqueline, who had initially asked Manchester to write the book, demanded that the author make changes in the manuscript. "Death" is dedicated ""For all in whose hearts he still lives -- a watchman of honour who never sleeps"". The book chronicles the long November weekend in 1963 from a small reception the Kennedys hosted in the White House the evening of