# Choose Two Scouting Milestones

Part of the Scouting Heritage Merit Badge Digital Resource Guide: [Introduction & Overview](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/scouting-heritage/guide/index.md)

*2. Scouting Milestones*

> **2b.** Discuss the significance to Scouting of any TWO of the following:

You need to pick **two** of the four milestones below. For each one, you will discuss its significance to the Scouting movement with your counselor.

## Your Options

- **[Req 2b1 — Brownsea Island](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/scouting-heritage/guide/req2b1/)**: The site of Baden-Powell's 1907 experimental camp — the event that launched the worldwide Scouting movement.
- **[Req 2b2 — The First World Scout Jamboree](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/scouting-heritage/guide/req2b2/)**: The 1920 gathering in London that brought Scouts from around the world together for the first time and declared Baden-Powell "Chief Scout of the World."
- **[Req 2b3 — Scouts BSA Handbook](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/scouting-heritage/guide/req2b3/)**: The guidebook that has defined the Scouting experience for over a century, evolving through many editions to reflect each era.
- **[Req 2b4 — Scout Life Magazine](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/scouting-heritage/guide/req2b4/)**: Scouting's magazine for young people, published continuously since 1911 under the names *Boys' Life* and now *Scout Life*.

## How to Choose

All four milestones are fascinating. Pick the two that interest you most:

- **Interested in origins?** Brownsea Island is where it all began.
- **Interested in Scouting as a worldwide movement?** The First World Scout Jamboree showed that Scouting transcends borders.
- **Interested in the program itself?** The Handbook is the single most important document in Scouting.
- **Interested in Scouting culture and media?** Scout Life magazine has been connecting Scouts to their movement for over a century.

> **Tip**
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> The four options in this requirement complement the people you studied in Requirement 2a. For example, if you researched Hillcourt (who wrote the Handbook) or Baden-Powell (who organized Brownsea Island), choosing the matching milestone here lets you build on what you already know.

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