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Herbert Hoover: As the twenty-first year marks Youth's formal passage to legal maturity, so the coming of the twenty-first year of the…

On the recordJanuary 22, 1931
As the twenty-first year marks Youth's formal passage to legal maturity, so the coming of the twenty-first year of the Boy Scout movement in America marks its entry into an era of maturer service.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Message on the 21st Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.

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