This article is from the Scouting FAQ, by Bill Nelson nelsonb@nospam.aztec.asu.edu, Soaring Golden Eagle eagle@rangernet.org and Alan Houser troop24@emf.net with numerous contributions by others.
In 1972 "The Scout Handclasp: It is made like a right handshake of greeting
except Scout use the left hand. The little finger is not separated from the
other fingers. The handclasp in the United States is the
same as for Scouting in all the other countries of the world."
For more information visit:
http://www.users.fast.net/~shenning/history.html
 
Continue to: