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Dr. Seuss was a Boy Scout?

2/7/2013

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Did you know that Dr. Seuss was a Boy Scout?  He was known as Theodor Geisel back in 1919, when he was a scout in Troop 13 of Springfield, Massachusetts.   That means that he could have been a Boy Scout when our own troop was formed. 

Back before he published his well-known childrens' books, he was an accomplished (& published) photographer.  You can see two photos of his that were published in Boy's Life magazine in the February, 1919 issue.  Check out photos 7 & 8, authored by T.S. Geisel  (it even gives his address). 

Now that you know that Dr. Seuss was a Scout, doesn't "Green Eggs and Ham" make a bit more sense? I'm betting he was his patrol's grubmaster when he came up with that one.
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