An Eagle Scout
| Setting: | A brief opening ceremony. The colors are posted in the front of the room. Other appropriate candles and Eagle paraphernalia are in place. Scoutmaster, ceremony participants, and family of the Eagle candidate are seated in the front row. Visiting Scouts and Scouters are near the front. |
| MC: | Tonight we have the honor and pleasure of bestowing the rank of Eagle Scout to a member
of our troop. This presentation takes on added significance when one considers the tempo
of the times. Democracy is a fresh conquest for each generation. This is an important and
serious matter and a cause for concern of every true American.
In full awareness of the challenge of the times, the parents of this young man and his Scout leaders have labored long and faithfully through the Boy Scout program to develop him toward alert and participating citizenship. Their efforts will culminate tonight in the presentation of his Eagle Award. The success of these efforts will be manifest in the way that this and every other Eagle Scout set a social pattern for all those lives they touch. [The candidate is escorted to the front of the room by an honor guard in the usual manner.] |
| Chaplain: | Heavenly Father, we thank you for the interest in the Scouting movement that has brought this group together tonight. We thank you for the success of the Scouting movement in the United States since 1910. We are grateful for the influence that Troop __ has had on the lives of boys since it held its first charter in 19__. We pray for continued blessings on this troop, its leaders, its troop committee, and its sponsor through the years ahead-that Troop __ may continue to turn out leaders for tomorrow, prepared as good citizens. |
| MC: | The Scouting movement constitutes one of the most wholesome and significant developments
of our day. You have been deemed worthy of high rank in its membership. All who know
you rejoice in your achievement. Your position, as you well know, is one of honor and
responsibility. You are now a marked man; as an Eagle Scout, you will be asked to assume
a solemn obligation to do your duty to God, to your country, to your fellow Scouts, and to
your fellow citizens. This is a great undertaking. It is therefore right and proper that a board
of review make a careful examination of each candidate prior to the presentation of an Eagle
Award. This candidate has presented a record of merit badges earned and these have been
carefully checked against council records and certified by duly appointed merit badge
counselors. The board of review has carefully checked the record of this candidate as to
leadership in his troop, school affairs, church association, in his community, and in the
conduct of his Eagle service project. This candidate has demonstrated his capacity and
willingness to exert leadership in activities that are constructive and worthwhile. It has been
satisfactorily established by the board of review that this candidate is putting into daily
practice the principles of the Scout Oath and Law. In light of the inquiries made, and the
favorable results in each case, the board of review has found this candidate qualified and has
authorized this court of honor to bestow upon you, ____________________, the rank of
Eagle.
[Here, the parents would be recognized, the presentation made, and, while the new Eagle is pinning the miniature Eagle on his mother, the poem "An Eagle Scout"" is read to the audience.] [The rest of the ceremony would proceed as other typical examples illustrate.] |