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Yawgoog Scout Reservation

Camp Sandy Beach campsites are named after famous Americans in history and include the following: Abe Lincoln, Audubon, Backwoods, Davy Crockett, Donald H. Cady, George Washington, Jim Bridger, Jim Bowie, James West, John Glenn, Kit Carson, Lewis & Clark, Neil Armstrong, Norman Rockwell, Richard Byrd, Silver Buffalo, and Teddy Roosevelt.


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Bunche Park, Florida

He was a Nobel Peace Prize winner and received the Silver Buffalo award form the Boy Scouts of America.

Silver Buffalo Award

For fifty years the Silver Buffalo was awarded only to men until LaVern W. Parmley became the first woman to receive the honor in 1976.

In 1928, the WWI soldier buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns was awarded the Silver Buffalo for distinguished service to America's youth.