Today is...

Girl Scout Day

Today is Girl Scout Day! On this day in 1912, Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low assembled a group of eighteen girls from Savannah, Georgia for the first ever Girl Scout meeting. Low believed that all girls should have the opportunity to develop physically, mentally, and spiritually. She organized service projects, outdoor adventures, and enrichment programs to get girls out of house and into the community.

Today, over 3.2 million girls and adults are active Girl Scout members, and over 50 million women are Girl Scout alumnae. According to the mission statement of the organization, Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

In honor of Girl Scout Day, take a moment to recognize and celebrate all that Girl Scouts of the USA has done for local communities across the country!

Today is also National Baked Scallops Day

March is National Peanut Month & International Ideas Month & National Craft Month

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History for March 12 1609 - The Bermuda Islands became an English colony. 1789 - The U.S. Post Office was established. 1879 - The British Zulu War began. 1894 - Coca-Cola was sold in bottles for the first time. 1933 - U.S. President Roosevelt presented his first presidential address to the nation. It was the first of the "Fireside Chats." 1957 - Buddy Holly and the Crickets recorded "Maybe Baby." _________________________________________________________ "What folly to dread the thought of throwing away life at once, and yet to have no regard to throwing it away by parcels and piecemeal." --John Howe