History

Scouting has a long history in Strasburg with an unbroken tenure beginning in 1935 when Boy Scout Troop 72 was sponsored by the Charles Hofer American Legion Post 522.

In 1948 Cub Scout Pack 72 was formed and sponsored by a ‘Group of Citizens’ who met at the school.

Over years, the Troop and Pack’s sponsorship were taken over by other community organizations, including the Strasburg Volunteer Fire Department, the First Lutheran Church, Citizens Bank, the St. Aloysius Church, and the St. John Evangelical and Reformed Church (as St. John United Church of Christ was previously named).

In June of 1954, St. John United Church of Christ began a long-term relationship with Scouting in Strasburg. They have sponsored the Troop’s charter ever since, picking up the Pack’s charter in July of 1985, and have accepted to support the new formation of Venture Crew 72 in August of 2016.

There is documentation of Scouting in Strasburg as far back as 1916 when the first Boy Scout Troop was organized in the Strasburg area. This was Boy Scout Troop 1. Meetings were held in a log cabin they built in the Herbert G. Renner woods.

The history of the Girl Scouts in Strasburg is not as easily compiled as the continuity of the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts due mostly to gaps of troop existence within the community. Girl Scout Troops do not have a chartering organization, all units are run under the local council’s ownership.

Hopefully someday we will have more details on the Girl Scout Troops that have existed in Strasburg and will be able to put the pieces together to include here.