Welcome To Troop 43

Monterey, CA

Greetings and welcome to Troop 43 of Monterey California.

Troop 43 History

Troop 43 is one of the oldest troops on the Monterey Peninsula. The troop was chartered on February 18th 1957. At the time, the troop was sponsored by the Walter Colton Jr. High PTA. Shortly thereafter in the early 60's the troop changed sponsors to the Headquarter Company, of the Defense Language Institute. Troop 43 continues to have a relationship with the military community through our current sponsor the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) a nongovernmental educational support group to the army community.

Troop 43 is also proud of its ties to the founder of Scouting worldwide, Lord Baden Powell - affectionately known as BP. In the early 60's Lady Olave Baden Powell, BP's widow visited the Monterey peninsula and specifically Troop 43. Lady Baden Powell was asked to choose the colors for the troop. She declared that her favorite colors were Forest Green and Yellow hence the colors of our troop neckerchiefs and T-shirts in honor of the founder's widow.

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