During Vietnam, for some reason, our membership dipped. Once that conflict was resolved and people felt better about the country, we started picking up again. Last year we added 128,000 members. We have 3.4 million youths in Scouting and 1.2 million adults. I have my own theory about our growth, which I can't document.
Parents are concerned about what's going on in society.
They can't shield their children from violence on TV and movies and video games. So they try to get their children involved in positive activities like Scouting. The Legion was one of our first national sponsors. We've established a good friendship. We're old friends.