Girl Scout Historical Plaques

1936 plaque

Does anyone know the location of the plaque shown above?

Update: Thanks to Laura L. Beall of GS Greater Iowa, we now know that the plaque is on the outside

of the First Headquarters of Girl Scouting in Savannah, GA.

Shawn from Flickr was kind enough to let me borrow this photo of the plaque.

It is clear enough to read: Juliette Low - Founder in the United States of the Girl Scouts 1912.

She Gave The Lead - She Is Not Dead If We But Keep Alive The Spirit That Was Hers - Robert Baden Powell.

Indianapolis, Indiana

Indiana - reverse

55 Johnson Avenue,

Irvington Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis

Dedicated October 16, 2004

submitted by Jane Pfaffenberger

Savannah, Georgia

Rockwood, Maryland

Plaque reads: Rockwood Manor Estate Presented by Carolyn G. Caughey
and John Wilson Caughey to the National Girl Scouts, Inc.

postcard showing the plaque

Kentucky

Louisville, Jefferson County

2105 Lexington Road

...It is on the site of the new site (currently under construction) of the
Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana program center and headquarters building...

Submitted by Cynthia Weller
1st VP - GSK
Chair - History and Archives Committee

Kentucky Highway Marker #2134 - Description: Born in 1899 in Indianapolis, Walls earned an M.A.
from NY's Columbia Univ. As a teacher, she developed an early black history program in Indiana.
In 1930s, Walls worked to secure public housing for blacks in Louisville.
In 1940s, she lead demonstrations at whites-only main library and helped hire black clerks in dept. store.

Reverse: Murray Atkins Wlass - Civil Rights Pioneer - Murray Walls led the movement that
integrated Girl Scout programs and camps by 1956. She was a Girl Scout trainer,
the first black women to serve on the Girl Scout Board of Directors,
and the Ky. State Board of Education. Walls died in 1993.

Presented by the Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana.

Florida

Image donated by Merana

Tampa, Florida

Jessamine Flowers Link

1870-1973

In 1913, Jessamine Link established Magnolia Troop One, the second Girl Scout troop in the United States. This was just one year after Juliette Gordon Low organized the country's first Girl Scout troop in Savannah, Georgia in 1912. What is now Hyde Park United Methodist Church in Tampa served as the sponsor for the troop.

Mrs. Link made significant contributions to the improvement for life for local girls and the community, and to the enhancement of women overall. When she started Tampa's first Girl Scout troop the community became more aware of what the girls could achieve. Girl Scouting gave them the opportunity to explore interests outside traditional female roles. During World War I the girls rolled bandages, delivered Western Union messages, helped feed soldiers, and sold Liberty Bonds. Mrs. Link led the troop through many other service projects and activities such as primitive camping, nature hikes, poetry lessons and field trips.

The Girl Scout program was an unusual and progressive concept in the early 20th century, but one that is prevalent here today because of our local founder Jessamine Link.

Erected May 1998 by

The Tampa Historical Society

in Cooperation with

The Suncoast Girl Scout Council, Inc.

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, 1401 Arch Street

Girl Scout Cookies

On November 11, 1932, Girl Scouts baked & sold cookies for the first time
in the window of the Philadelphia Gas & Electric Co. here.
This endeavor soon became a Philadelphia tradition.
In 1936 the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. adopted the annual cookie sale as a national program.

(text submitted by Sandy Garret)

dedicated January 16, 2001

To read a nice article about one of girls and her life click on the link below :

Enter "Baking Up A Tradition" in the search engine

in the lower right corner of this page at American Profile.

Girl Scout Camp Koch, Cannelton, Indiana

Girl Scout Camp Koch, Cannelton, Indiana

Images from: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/

planetary/lunar/moon_tree.html

We just don't know where "here" is in Philadelphia

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