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The First Eagle Scout

104 years ago today, Arthur Rose Eldred became the first Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.  

In the century that followed, over two million young men have earned the award.

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10 Responses to “The First Eagle Scout”

  1. Dellis says:
    August 22, 2016 at 00:22

    This is amazing! Never going to the scouts was a regret I now have, what I saw as uncool back then was just huge ignorance on my part.

    On a side note, I wonder what the value of that medal is today as a collectors piece?

  2. Wynn says:
    August 22, 2016 at 04:41

    Eagle Scout, 1966. Very disappointed in what the organization has turned into.

    • George Dixon says:
      August 31, 2016 at 19:29

      Eagle Scout, 1970

      The “How Book”, replacing the Boy Scout manual and field book, was the miner’s canary of liberal intent.

  3. john smith says:
    August 22, 2016 at 10:45

    I seldom put on my dress uniform without being forced to do so by some ball room dancing garbage that some service academy product dreams up….

    Eagle scout ceremonies are an exception. We need more of them in our current culture.

    • james says:
      August 22, 2016 at 12:28

      Yes…Yes we do. Troop 32, Watchung, NJ 1984… Thank you Mom… your gentle sometimes not so gentle encouragement put me in that select group of 2 Million!

      • Justin says:
        August 22, 2016 at 14:05

        ^This. Without my mom’s not so gentle encouragement, I would be sitting here lamenting why I didn’t finish and earn my Eagle. I’m thankful she did.

  4. JP says:
    August 23, 2016 at 04:11

    104 years of young men waiting until two weeks before their 18th birthday to get a group together to help them with their Eagle project. Or was that just my troop?

  5. Another Ed says:
    August 24, 2016 at 06:30

    The Eagle Scout Service Project as a requirement for the Eagle Award was introduced in 1965.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Scout_Service_Project

    Since 2009, the average age of the Eagle Award Scout has been 17 years 3 months to 17 years 4 months.

    I have two sons who are Eagle Scouts. Both declined the awards ceremony. Their choice. They earned it.