The Eagle Story -- Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout Court of Honor Video

do you not know have you not heard the Lord is the everlasting God the creator of the ends of the earth he will not grow tired or weary and his understanding no one can fathom he gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak even youths grow tired and weary and young men stumble and fall but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength they will soar on wings like

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s they will run and not grow weary they will walk and not be faint isaiah 40:28 and 31 since the

beginning of time God and man used the

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as a symbol of royalty power victory Authority and valor its strength and courage has inspired men throughout the ages the golden days of greece the

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was a symbol of victory and supreme spiritual energy the greeks represented the

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with wings outstretched holding a serpent in his claws thus the

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represented the trial of good over evil the Romans saw the

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is the symbol of victory as the roman legions conquered the world they marched

under the standard of the

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with outstretched wings the silver

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was the symbol of the republic roman empire used the golden

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as its son the

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was the personal emblem of the Caesars thus representing supreme authority the rise of Christianity brought the

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still more

honor

to the early Christians the

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was the symbol of ascension due to its biblical references it's powerful flight and its gaze which often seemed fixed upon the heavens a June 20th 1782 the

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became the symbol of a new country because of the

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s courage beauty and majesty it was chosen to symbolize United States of

America

and is now a prominent aspect of the emblem of the president vice president several members of the president's cabinet and most branches of the military additionally several states have the

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on their state plans and you can still find an

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on

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n Kurt's finally the crew of Apollo 11 chose

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as the name for the lunar module which was to

make hi

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the words of

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Neil Armstrong Houston tranquility base here the

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has left but those words the world knew that man achieved the impossible touching them the words of the prophet Isaiah to the emblem of this country the

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has a part in the most momentous achievements of man as a result in 1911 following the traditions as old as man himself Boy

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s of

America

chose the

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to symbolize the very highest and achieve through all of hi

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the

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has been the

symbol of man's best it also serves as a symbol for boys who have soared to

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ing's highest heights the rank of

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