Posted on 07/19/2005 4:16:25 PM PDT by SandRat
Go Scouting!
We'll see if the ACLU tries to stop this.
And I swear, the coldest night of my life was spent in a foxhole at AP Hill, in water up to my *ss, in 32-degree weather.
Brrrr. I thought I was a goner.
Some from our troop are heading out this weekend.
Yippee! My Dad, brother and I camped at Ft. Hill once. Nice post.
My first Jamboree was in 1956 in Yokohama as an Army Brat.
Wow! My oldest son (11) is in his first summer as a Boy Scout, but his troop is not going to the Jamboree. Maybe they'll go in four years.
Excellent - great news!
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 Hurricane Bob couldn't dampen camper enthusiasm in 1985. |
As 1985 marked the Diamond Jubilee of the Boy Scouts of America, the theme of the 11th National Scout Jamboree celebrated the enduring nature of the spirit of Scouting.
And that spirit was put to the test early by an unexpected visitor named Bob—Hurricane Bob. Although reduced to a tropical depression by the time the storm roared into Fort A.P. Hill, Bob still flattened tents, knocked down gateways, soaked sleeping bags, and turned pathways to mud.
But Scouting perseverance paid off. By midweek the sun was out, the ground was drying, and Bob was soon forgotten. Scouts focused on the fun activities in the Challenge Trail, fishing and boating, and visiting the 92 booths at the largest Merit Badge Midway to date.
New jamboree activities included board-sailing on lower Travis Lake, snorkeling in aboveground pools, a trap shooting range, and a bicycle motocross (BMX) course.
Onstage, the Beach Boys were the celebrity entertainers, but the No. 1 guest of honor was First Lady Nancy Reagan, substituting for her husband, President Ronald Reagan, who was ill.
In a vindictive way I hope they do. That will make a whole bunch of future voters, their parents, releatives and when the news gets out soooooooo mad at the ACLU that there may finally be a big enough cry for the DOJ to go after the ACLU under RICO and for Congress too repeal the law that lets them bill us for their fees to sue us.
ah, yes...camp AP Hill...
Remember it dearly.
Treated lots of heat stroke there when our NG unit trained in 100 plus degree temperatures, and we were from the mountains of PA, where it rarely reaches 85...
Of course, that was in early June. Hopefully by July the boyscouts will be acclimatized..
My oldest son is packing as we speak!
Tell him to look for folks from Catalina Council.
I like this. Fort A.P. Hill is a neat place.
Kudos and salutations to the Scouts and all that support them! The Scouts are (along with homeschoolers) are part of the best part of our future. VIVA! BSA
We need an update and after action from him too.
We need updates and an after action report.
Will do! Do you know which sub-camp they're assigned to?
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