Everyone on stage for the Hawaiian act please

by chuckofish

My husband tells me that yesterday was the 100th birthday of the Eagle Scout Award and that I might want to blog about that.

The Wall Street Journal reports that “One hundred years ago on Aug. 1, Arthur Eldred, a 17-year-old Boy Scout from Long Island, became the first person to earn the Eagle Scout rank.” Here is the rest of the article to read at your leisure.

Well, the boy is an Eagle Scout and I have always been very proud of that.

It was a long, hard road of Boy Scout activities.

He went to multiple camps and earned multiple badges. He rose through the ranks. He demonstrated Scout spirit. He planned, developed and led a service project.

In the fall of 2004 he joined 38th President Gerald Ford, Steven Spielberg, L. Ron Hubbard and Sam Walton, earning the BSA’s highest award, becoming an Eagle Scout.

He never let me put one of those bumper stickers on my Subaru, but I wanted to. Boy did I ever.

Anyway, hats off to the Eagle Scouts of America!