Boy Scouts Nashville Folding Flag
Boy Scouts Nashville Folding FlagReporter Joshua Maxwell interviews Boy Scout Chris Levell asking him “Why is folding the flag so important?” Chris Levell replies that one should respect everything about the nation. As Americans everyone should know how to fold a flag, when to take it down, when to fly the flag specially (eg: half mast). Boy Scout camps raise the flag every morning and take it down in the evening and during rainfall.To fold... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2015-01-21Favourite Scouting Songs
Favourite Scouting Songs: Camping is livened up with the help of energetic and appropriate camp songs. It’s always a good end to a wonderful day of hiking when all the scouts are sitting around the fire and lending their voice to some music or the other.Scouting and camping songs inspire, motivate and lift dead spirits on a day when things haven’t quite gone right! Leaders should step forward, memorize a few good songs and ask... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2015-01-20Assateague Island National Seashore
Assateague Island National Seashore is an east coast, mid-Atlantic barrier island located jointly off the coasts of Maryland and Virginia. The island is 37 miles long and generally less than one mile wide. Located just south of Ocean City, Maryland, the island stretches south to Virginia’s Chincoteague Inlet (near the NASA Wallops Flight Facility) and is a great destination for individuals, couples and families. Notable features The island’s harsh conditions make it home to specially... [More]
By: Daniel Taylor On: 2015-01-17Eagle Tip - Party Time Times Two
Party Time Times TwoMost Eagle courts of honor are followed by a cake-and-punch reception, often held in the same room or just down the hall. Such receptions give guests a chance to meet and greet and to offer personal congratulations to the new Eagle Scout.For one of our troop's Eagle Scouts, one reception wasn’t enough. His family held a second reception at their home the weekend after his Thursday court of honor. While some of... [More]
By: Insane Scouter On: 2015-01-15Thousands Of Boy Scouts (1931)
Thousands Of Boy Scouts (1931):Thousands of young boy scouts assemble at Somerset House for the 22nd Annual Church Parade at St. Paul’s Cathedral. Older members of the organisation are honoured for their services and scouts hoist the flag to general applause. The felicitation ends with hundreds of young men raising their hats at the end of the grand occasion. ... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2015-01-14Buddhism and Scouting
BUDDHISM AND SCOUTING:Many suffer from the misconception that scouting, as an activity, is exclusive to Christians. Nothing can be further from the truth. Buddhist youth have participated in scouting, actively, for the past 80 years, making their presence known in every aspect of Scouting. The religious emblems that a young Buddhist scout can receive at the end of certain levels of his study are as follows: Metta Emblem: Metta signifies love, kindness and goodwill, one... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2015-01-13Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Lake Mead National Recreation Area is located in the Southwestern United States, straddling the borders of Nevada and Arizona. Specifically, it is north of the Colorado River between the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas. Over 90% of the 200,000 acre area is covered by water. Lake Mead is a manmade phenomenon created by the Hoover Dam and supplied by the Colorado River.Formerly named for the Boulder Dam, this was the first nationally designated recreation area... [More]
By: Daniel Taylor On: 2015-01-10Eagle Tip - Fill in the Blank
Fill in the BlankMany troops have perpetual plaques (like this one from ScoutStuff.org) on which they engrave their Eagle Scouts' names, each one on a separate plate. Such plaques look great when displayed in a meeting room or at a court of honor.A reader gave me a great idea a few years ago for getting more use out of such a plaque. Her troop displays its plaque at each court of honor, but the plaque... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2015-01-08Baden Powell at Southport
Baden Powell at Southport:Here we have Baden Powell reviewing young scouts, as their founder. The scouts as well as Cubs, staged a flag march with their respective bands, saluting their founder as they passed by. The event was at South Port. Truly a momentous occasion for anyone associated with the Boy Scout movement.... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2015-01-07No Utensil Campfire Cooking
No Utensil Campfire CookingWhile camping and scouting, cooking without utensils is not only an art but is indeed a tradition. Cooking outdoors requires guts and imagination. Fire of course is the main ingredient in this recipe. Winds, temperature, sticks and clay are other driving factors.Beef, small fish, fried eggs, corn, biscuits can easily be made by various processes like embers, coals, sticks on fire and even on hot rocks! Hot embers can be used to... [More]
By: Scott Robertson On: 2015-01-06