[hiramknight]

Alex is the son of good friends of mine who are wonderful people and fellow Freepers. If everyone could raise kids like these there'd be a lot less trouble in the world.

[SZonian]

Congratulations to your friends son!

My son gets his Arrow of Light at the end of the month and I'm hoping that he will continue with the drive and determination it takes to reach Eagle Scout.

Cheers,
SZ

[Calpernia]

bttt

[Onelifetogive]

My Eagle Scout card is from 1/4/82. It has Ronald Reagan's signature as "Honorary President of Scouting" and I still carry it in my wallet.

[MarineBrat]

Congratulations, young heros! Marvelous work!

[trisham]

Cool. Congratulations to the boys and their families.

[Zakeet]

Outstanding!

Earned my bird at age 12. The certificate was signed by JFK (via auto-pen) the week he was assassinated.

Scouting in general, and the Eagle Scout in particular, led to many wonderful memories. Like the two summers I spent on staff at scout camp in the Colorado mountains about 20 miles or so from Breckenridge. And the several hundred days I spent camping out. And the some of the pranks we pulled on everybody from scout leaders to tenderfoot scouts.

The contacts you make as an Eagle Scout are incredible. For about four years running, I knew at least one half of the service academy appointments in my congressional district, and about one half of the student body presidents of about every high school I visited in a 50 mile radius of home. I always had a buddy I could call to sneak away from school function -- and they in turn called on me many times.

I still hear news from time to time about some of my old scout chums -- e.g. appointed federal judge, elected mayor, named superintendent of schools, honored as a noted surgeon, etc.

Perhaps best of all, I will never forget the glow on my mother's face when she pinned the medal on my chest at the Court of Honor.

The Eagle Scout award is one of the things you earn in life that can never be taken away from you. It is an experience I will always cherish.

Please give Alex a pat on the back for me.

[BaBaStooey]

Welcome to the club

[reagandemo]

Excellent news! I am an Asst. Scout Master and have a son working on his Eagle project and another one who is a wolf Cub Scout. I took a crew of Scouts to Philmont last summer and had the time of my life. Out of the crew I took all of them are in some stage of working on their Eagle.

[T.Smith]

My son joined the cub scouts last night. I was reluctantly named Den Leader. He was very excited so I guess I will do my best to keep him that way.

[MarMema]

Excellent news! Congrats to all!

My 15 yo is Life and looking now for his Eagle project. 14 yo younger brother is heading toward Star.

I have been volunteered to put together a package on advancement for our district, instructional in nature. Please send any ideas you have to me.

[A Texan]

Please send my congratulations to them.

I earned my Eagle Scout a couple days after my 15th birthday and even today people tell me "congratulations" once they hear that I earned it. I'm thirty now, and every job interview I have ever been on someone has commented on the fact that I am and Eagle. It is one of the things that made me the person I am today.

Those kids should be proud of themselves, they worked hard to earn Eagle. Some of the most influential Americans in the 20th century were Eagle Scouts, maybe they can be a couple of the Eagles that will have a great influence on the 21st century.

[Just another Joe]

Send congratulations from another Eagle Scout.

Fond memories remain of many good times.

[La Enchiladita]

Congratulations to Alex and Joshua. WE are very proud of them and they should be proud of themselves.

SECDEF Donald Rumsfeld is an Eagle Scout as well as a Navy veteran..

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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The 1st MAN on EARTH's MOON =


Eagle Scout NEIL ARMSTRONG



Next stop,

...Eagle Scouts on the Planet MARS..!!!



And then,

...everything changes,

...for so much will be owed to these honored few...

...and to their loved ones who lovingly sacrificed
for them to get so far...

...out there.

.

[airborne]

Boy Scouts builds character!