2012 marks 100 Years of the Eagle Scout Award

in all the world's history the last 100

years

have marked some of the greatest achievements of mankind many of these accomplishments from Americans from breakthroughs in science medicine and technology to leadership and government business and the arts many of the men shaping America's events and destinies share one honorable legacy they are

Eagle

Scout

s in the past 100

years

more than 2 million

Scout

s have earned the

Eagle

award

Scout

ing's highest-ranked generations of boys grow

into skilled young men advancing through

scout

ing ranks with hard work perseverance and a commitment to the sacred honor of the

Scout

walk on my honor I would do my best to make my training mending my Trail

Eagle

Award

counted among their little Frank initializations count strongly for better

Scout

how strongly for better

Scout

II and for better citizenship for better citizenship they learned not only positive leadership skills but develop character ethics and a personal sense of duty to their

communities and country well for me earning the rank of

Eagle

Scout

was a major accomplishment I felt really very proud I was very proud of what I had accomplished but more importantly it had meant to me the fulfillment of a lot of people's hopes and dreams in my future being an

Eagle

Scout

meant more as

years

went by even that it didn't when I got the

award

those

Scout

s that small percentage that go on to be

Eagle

Scout

s they often find themselves in the leadership positions here in our

country and we've seen the variety of people from presidents to astronauts that are involved in

Scout

ing and particularly achievement in discovering the year is 1912 New Mexico and Arizona becomes States the Titanic sinks on its maiden voyage Woodrow Wilson is elected president and a young man named Arthur Eldred becomes the first Boy

Scout

to earn the

Eagle

Scout

award

in fact a total of 23

Eagle

Scout

badges were earned that year through the decades the number of

Eagle

Scout

badges

award

ed

reached new milestones with Alex Hall singer becoming the one millionth

Eagle

Scout

at 1982 and Anthony Thomas becoming the two millionth

Eagle

Scout

in 2009

Scout

s earning their

Eagle

during

2012

will receive this special rank patch commemorating the

Eagle

Scout

award

s centennial celebration perhaps no one is more familiar with the history of the

Eagle

Scout

award

then distinguished

Eagle

Scout

dr. Terry Grove his collection of

Eagle

award

medals is considered the largest in the world the fun

thing is to watch a father bring his son in and walk over and say that's my

Eagle

that's what my me apply with a century of

Eagle

Scout

s helping to guide the course of American history now in our rearview mirror what's in store for today's new generation of

eagle

s and how do they view their role in shaping America's next 100

years

I feel so confident now when I walk in two rooms and I can tell people know that I just got my

Eagle

Scout

and they tell me congratulations it just

it makes me feel so good and you know it definitely does give me a lot of confidence to say that I'm an

Eagle

Scout

Eagle

ranked to me in ten

years

means more of it's not the Eifel rank but it's what I've learned and that's probably leadership had this idea of hunting my Haven and then when I when I did join I put down that I was an

Eagle

Scout

and it surprised my recruiter and it surprised a whole many people and it maybe it made them look to me in a different way I have a

great respect for the kids their radiance today and believe that they're just as solid as any

Eagle

s ever been from Eldred right through to the present I'm an

Eagle

Scout

is more than wearing a badge it's a lifelong state of being one never was an

Eagle

Scout

one is an

Eagle

Scout