SCOUTING HONOR - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld speaks with Eagle Scout Phillip D. Stewart, winner of the Young American Award, at the Silver Buffalo Awards at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C., May 25, 2006. Rumsfeld was presented the Silver Buffalo, the Boy Scout's highest commendation.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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1 posted on
05/26/2006 6:45:27 PM PDT by
SandRat
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SCOUT SALUTE!
2 posted on
05/26/2006 6:46:46 PM PDT by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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3 posted on
05/26/2006 6:48:04 PM PDT by
Paladin2
(If the political indictment's from Fitz, the jury always acquits.)
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This should go a long way towards driving the homos and their ACLU comrades over the edge.
4 posted on
05/26/2006 6:50:02 PM PDT by
FlingWingFlyer
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5 posted on
05/26/2006 6:52:12 PM PDT by
Tax-chick
(Let all creation sing of salvation. Let us together give praise forever!)
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8 posted on
05/26/2006 7:03:54 PM PDT by
bnelson44
(Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
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11 posted on
05/26/2006 7:36:25 PM PDT by
bnelson44
(Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
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Rummy - 1954
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Way to go Rummy ;o) !!!!!!!!
15 posted on
05/26/2006 9:44:56 PM PDT by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc. 10:2)
To: SandRat
I have known one man, personally, who earned the Silver Beaver. He was Dr. Carl A. Zapffe, Scoutmaster of Troop 35 in Baltimore, Maryland for 41 years. I was there when Dr. Zapffe came into the meeting room in the basement of the Church of the Redeemer on Charles Street, with the intention only of bringing his own son into the Troop.
But he saw the chaos that Troop was in, and its desperate need for new adult leadership. So he stayed, and became its Scoutmaster. That was one of the turning points in my life, because I learned from that man, and I am honored to have been one of the first Eagles that Troop turned out in the "Zapffe era."
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Rumsfeld for President bump
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It is not an easy task to become an Eagle Scout, it takes a lot of ambition and many other qualities.
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"After all, he said, quitting is easy," Rumsfeld said. "He said, 'You can quit one thing, and then quit another. And soon you're a quitter.'I LOVE THIS!!
Congrats to Rummy!!
I love Scouting too! It's the greatest!
23 posted on
05/27/2006 1:56:11 AM PDT by
MarMema
To: SandRat
Technically, this is not scouting's highest award. This is the highest award which can be given by the BSA, but there is one other which is higher given by the international scouting organization.
That said, this is very high indeed. One of my old scoutmasters got the Silver Beaver, and he was the only one that I personally knew who got anything as high.
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