18. THE AZTEC INDIAN TRIBE WATCHED AS AN EAGLE CAPTURED A RATTLESNAKE. THEY TOOK THAT AS A SIGN TO SETTLE AT THAT LOCATION. THAT LOCATION WE NOW KNOW AS MEXICO CITY. THIS EVENT IS EVEN DEPICTED ON MEXICO’S FLAG.
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22. IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY FRENCH TROOPS UNDER NAPOLEON CONQUERED EUROPE UNDER THE SYMBOL OF THE EAGLE.
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26. ON JUNE 20, 1782, THE EAGLE BECAME THE SYMBOL OF A NEW COUNTRY. BECAUSE OF ITS COURAGE AND BEAUTY, IT WAS CHOSEN TO SYMBOLOZE THE NEW UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
37. IN 1911, FOLLOWING TRADITION AS OLD AS MAN HIMSELF, THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CHOSE THE EAGLE TO SYMBOLIZE THEIR VERY HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT. THROUGHOUT ALL OF HISTORY THE EAGLE HAS BEEN THE SYMBOL OF MAN’S BEST… NOW THE EAGLE IS THE SYMBOL OF SCOUTING’S BEST.
44. BE PREPARED THE SCOUT MOTO IS “BE PREPARED” THE TRAINING RECEIVED IN THE TROOP HAS HELPED THIS YOUNG MAN TO “BE PREPARED.” PREPARED NOT JUST TO HELP IN EMERGENCIES, BUT TO BECOME A PRODUCTIVE CITIZEN. BADEN POWELL, THE FOUNDER OF SCOUTING WANTED EVERY SCOUT TO BE READY IN MIND AND BODY FOR ANY STRUGGLES, AND TO BE PREPARED… FOR LIFE.
45. THE SQUARE KNOT THE SQUARE KNOT IS ALSO KNOWN A THE “JOINING” KNOT BECAUSE IT JOINS TOGETHER TWO ROPES. IT IS ALSO THE FIRST KNOT A SCOUT LEARNS WHEN HE JOINS THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA. IT SYMBOLIZES THE COMRADERY THAT IS PART OF SCOUTING…
46. THE EAGLE FOR US TODAY, THE EAGLE SYMBOLIZES COURAGE. COURAGE TO DO ONE’S DUTY TO GOD AND COUNTRY.
47. THE RED IN THE EAGLE SCOUT AWARD, LIKE THE RED IN OUR COUNTRY’S FLAG, REPRESENTS COURAGE AND BRAVERY…
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49. A TRUE EAGLE SCOUT REALIZES THE SACREDNESS OF THOSE WHO HAVE HAD THE COURAGE TO SACRIFICE EVEN THEIR LIVES TO PRESERVE OUR COUNTRY’S FREEDOMS…
50. THE WHITE IN THE RIBBON , ALSO LIKE THAT IN THE FLAG, REPRESENTS PURITY. A TRUE EAGLE SCOUT DEDICATES HIS LIFE TO BEING PURE…
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52. THE BLUE IN THE RIBBON , REPRESENTS BEING FAITHFUL AND LOYAL. LOYAL TO ONE’S SELF, LOYAL TO ONE’S COUNTRY. AN EAGLE SCOUT IS FAITHFUL & LOYAL…
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54. TOGETHER THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR ONE’S ENTIRE LIFE. A LIFE OF COURAGE, A LIFE OF PURITY, AND A LIFE DEDICATED TO BEING LOYAL & FAITHFUL…
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59. TONIGHT, your sons name WILL RECEIVE SCOUTINGS HIGHEST HONOR, HE WILL BECOME AN EAGLE SCOUT