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Posted in Editorial, Flag Photos, History, Scouting on Oct 31st, 2008
Do you remember the USS Boy Scout? I wrote about Boy Scout last May, having found the name and photograph while researching at the Department of Navy—Naval Historical Center, looking for old photographs that showed the Stars and Stripes. Historical photographs are indexed in myriad ways, but not by whether the U.S. flag is included [...]
Posted in Editorial, History, Information, Scouting on Oct 30th, 2008
Is there a special Boy Scout in your life? Looking for the gift of a lifetime? How about this beauty! In celebration of 100 years of Boy Scouting, the Henry Repeating Arms Company has built the Henry Golden Boy “Boy Scouts of America Centennial Edition” Rifle. This special rifle features the Scout Oath, [...]
Posted in Scouting on Sep 29th, 2008
San Clemente boy’s lifesaving action rewarded By VIK JOLLY for The Orange County Register When his friend was choking on candy, all James Cook IV could think about was that he needed his buddy to hang out with. SAN CLEMENTE It happened in a flash. Tootsie rolls, Smarties fruit flavored candy and lollipops had just [...]
Posted in Flag Photos, History, Scouting on Sep 26th, 2008
A photo reminder of what not to do, on half-staff flag days. Remember, when the U.S. flag is flown at half-staff, all the other flags are lowered to half-staff, too. The next scheduled half-staff flag day is December 7—National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
Posted in History, Information, Scouting on Aug 12th, 2008
The five national park service projects of ArrowCorp5 are finished. There are several ways to quantify the value of this work, but for the young men themselves, the value is immeasurable. In the years and decades to come, each young man will remember one very hard week in the sun, and see how his life [...]
