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The Girl Scouts began the 1950s with 1.8 million members. The record number brought the need for more adult volunteers and professional staff. The national organization bought the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace in 1953, and opened it to visitors in 1956. It was the first registered national historic monument in Savannah. The group became congressionally chartered as the Girl Scouts of the USA in 1950. Construction of a new, $3.7 million national headquarters on Third Avenue in New York began in June 1956.
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__Girl Scout Cookies__: In 1951, Girl Scout Cookies came in three varieties: Sandwich, Shortbread, and Chocolate Mints (now known as Thin Mints). With the advent of the suburbs, Girl Scout Cookies were also sold by girls at tables in shopping malls. By 1956, Girl Scouts sold four basic types of cookies: a vanilla-based filled cookie, a chocolate-based filled one, shortbread, and a chocolate mint. Some bakers also offered an optional flavor. **Boy Scouts:** The 1950s were Scouting’s first golden age. After years of depression and war, Scouting, like the country as a whole, could finally enjoy a period of peace and prosperity.Early in the decade, Scouting membership reached 3 million for the first time—a milestone President Eisenhower noted in a 1953 message to Scouts and Scout leaders. A few years later, as the first of the baby boomers reached Cub Scout age, membership began growing by 200,000 or more a year.

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