Girl Scout Cookies
Title
Girl Scout Cookies
Title
Girl Scout Cookies
Date
2001-01-16
County
Philadelphia
Type
City
Marker Location
1401 Arch Street, Philadelphia
Marker Text
On November 11, 1932, Girl Scouts baked & sold cookies for the first time in the windows of the Philadelphia Gas & Electric Co. here. This endeavor soon became a Philadelphia tradition. In 1936 the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. adopted the annual cookie sale as a national program.
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Citation
“Girl Scout Cookies,” The Land of Penn and Plenty: Bringing History to the Table, accessed March 29, 2024, https://pafoodways.omeka.net/items/show/95.