Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital

A treasury of photos celebrating over a century of Girl Scout history in DC, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Girl Scouting came to Washington, DC, in June 1913, when Juliette Gordon Low decided her new girls’ empowerment movement needed a national headquarters. Although the headquarters moved to New York City in 1916, the council in Washington, DC, is still actively involved in the programs, and Girl Scouts of the Nation’s Capital chronicles the evolution of Girl Scouting in the District