Sunday evening took us to our church, Saint Paul United Methodist, to attend the celebration of Boy Scout Troop 12’s 100th anniversary and continuous chartering by Saint Paul for all of that time.
The anniversary is a milestone. Troop 12 is the longest continuously chartered troop in Nebraska. Troop 12 is the second longest continuously charted troop in America.
Troop 12 has had 28 scoutmasters in its one hundred years. In that span the rank of Eagle, the highest possible, has been conferred on sixty Troop 12 scouts. (One of which, I am proud to say, is my son Ryan.) More than two million boys have earned that distinction during scouting’s existence.
While statistics such as these instill a sense of pride in those of us associated with Saint Paul, Troop 12 or both, the most important fact is scouting has had a tremendously positive influence on the lives of countless boys. Those who volunteer to see scouting succeed are due a big debt of gratitude and all of us should hope scouting endures and grows.
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