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 areEagle
Scout
s in the past 100years
more than 2 millionScout
s have earned theEagle
award
Scout
ing's highest-ranked generations of boys growinto skilled young men advancing through
scout
ing ranks with hard work perseverance and a commitment to the sacred honor of theScout
walk on my honor I would do my best to make my training mending my TrailEagle
Award
counted among their little Frank initializations count strongly for betterScout
how strongly for betterScout
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 theircommunities 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 anEagle
Scout
meant more asyears
went by even that it didn't when I got theaward
thoseScout
s that small percentage that go on to beEagle
Scout
s they often find themselves in the leadership positions here in ourcountry 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 BoyScout
to earn theEagle
Scout
award
in fact a total of 23Eagle
Scout
badges were earned that year through the decades the number ofEagle
Scout
badgesaward
edreached new milestones with Alex Hall singer becoming the one millionth
will receive this special rank patch commemorating the
Eagle
Scout
at 1982 and Anthony Thomas becoming the two millionthEagle
Scout
in 2009Scout
s earning theirEagle
during2012
will receive this special rank patch commemorating the Eagle
Scout
award
s centennial celebration perhaps no one is more familiar with the history of theEagle
Scout
award
then distinguishedEagle
Scout
dr. Terry Grove his collection ofEagle
award
medals is considered the largest in the world the funthing 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 ofEagle
Scout
s helping to guide the course of American history now in our rearview mirror what's in store for today's new generation ofeagle
s and how do they view their role in shaping America's next 100years
I feel so confident now when I walk in two rooms and I can tell people know that I just got myEagle
Scout
and they tell me congratulations it justit 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 tenyears
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 anEagle
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 agreat respect for the kids their radiance today and believe that they're just as solid as any