Garrett Johnson, 2019 Eagle Scout Project of the Year

When I was developing plans for an Eagle Scout

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, I knew I wanted to do something for the Folds of Honor because of the work they do driving home from a Scout meeting. One night, my father mentioned how important Dan Rooney, the founder of the Folds of Honor, was. Catholic and we used to go to church with him and the Catholic faith our Stations of the Cross and he mentioned that maybe we would do something similar to that but with the flag called the flag station, so I liked that idea and went ahead. and we developed it from there the first fold of our flag is the symbol of life the second fold symbolizes our belief in eternal life the third fold is an honor and tribute to the veteran who leaves our ranks and you gave a part of its life For the defense of our country, the fourth fold, some of the main challenges I had when developing this were the boxes warping after welding them due to condensation, so we had to go back and develop a new upper for the boxes that allow air to enter. and the rain couldn't get in and the breathability of that eliminated the problem of condensation on the inside of the boxes originally we knew we wanted them to be illuminated at night because the flag is supposed to be illuminated when it's flying. during the night, but we also wanted people to be able to come and see the

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day or night, so we mounted a solar panel on each box in the same place and the lights inside turn on one night when the sun sets and We thought it would add a touch of detail and make them look very pretty when they were illuminated.

Thank you Nisa for honoring me with this award and choosing my project among all the great projects that exist. I feel really honored.