Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Scouting

8/1 Well, this morning I woke up to a phone call from Randy telling Alec and I we were supposed to be in the restaurant 10 minutes earlier so we missed breakfast. The first thing we did this morning at 8AM was walking nearby to Priory Road in Coventry for the city’s 100^th anniversary of Scouting Celebration ceremony see article here and photos here.

There were about 150 people there including English cubs, scouts, venturers and their leaders. We got out our troop flag and American flag and joined in on the ceremony, which including the recitation of the Scout Oath. The BBC Coventry radio station was also there doing a live broadcast and they interviewed the English scouts and then they came over and interviewed Chuck Stankye IV and our Scoutmaster Randy, who represented Troop 3.

 

Following that ceremony we boarded the bus to head to our second 100^th anniversary ceremony, this one was in Peterborough, England with the scout group we have had an ongoing Exchange Scout Program with See news article here and article with video here. Mr. Martin Hall, a scouting commissioner in Peterborough was in charge of the celebration program, which was held in the Peterborough Council Chamber. They had an earlier ceremony outside with more than 500 people present, but that was too early for us to attend. For this ceremony Mr. Hall recited the English Scout Oath and Troop 3 Senior Patrol Leader Adam Cleri recited the American Scout Oath. We then presented Mr. Hall and the Lord Mayor with Woodbury Pewter eagle bells as friendship gifts on behalf of the troop. We also met Mr. Doug Fare, a long-time Scouting friend of Ed Strang. The Lord Mayor then served us orange juice and cookies and we thanked her for being a great host.

After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Hall took us on a tour of Peterborough Cathedral. The cathedral was very large and beautiful. After touring the cathedral we broke into groups and had lunch in the center of Peterborough.

We thanked Mr. Hall for hosting us and then boarded the bus for our drive to the walled city of York.

York was interesting, especially Yorkminster Cathedral, which was unbelievably larger than Peterborough Cathedral. We saw the largest medieval stained glass window in the world there. We also did a Mr. Bill led power hike on a portion of the wall surrounding York We went to the Shambles section of York as well, which is where the old, old buildings lean in towards each other, making the street very narrow. They had a lot of shops there and I wish we had more time to spend in York to see everything. We had to board the bus and head to Scotch-Corner, which is in Northern England, for the night and we had a nice roast beef dinner there and then some of our group went swimming.

      

By Mikey Herde

For early trip blog entries click on the July 2007 archives on the right side of this page.

More diary entries of our trip can be found here: Kevin Henri's blog entries

Comments

[Crizy]

Baker, Mt Cadette Troop #2446 participated in the 100th arnevinsay “birthday in a bag” community service project. Our troop consists of 5 6th and 7th graders who put together 6 birthday bags! The bags were all done in blues, greens and black stripes as to not be gender specific and included Confetti cake mix, Confetti frosting, paper plates, paper napkins, candles, plastic sliverware, invitations, streamers, balloons, gift bags, thank-yous, and banners. And each girl made a home-made greeting card to send well wishes for the person who received the bag. All girls signed the cards and the bags were then delivered to our Community Cupboard. The bags were very well received and much appreciated!!!

[Wulann]

Wow, EXPO 2009 was a teriffic event with ahtoner stellar showing by Pack 1491. Many thanks go out to our Expo Committee and all the volunteers who really stepped up this year. A special thank you goes out to Mike Hargrove, Mike Stefanick and Mike Rarer (now known as M3) who did Yeoman’s work for this event as they were there for setup, operation AND breakdown! THANKS MIKES and all the key people who made this happen!

[Auth]

I'm just wondering if sonemoe, a wife or husband, was allowed to protest with the locals in the foreign country that the service member and spouse are stationed? The spouse wouldn't say she/he was affiliated with sonemoe in the US military and wouldn't be speaking on behave of anyone in the military. The couple would be living on a US post.An example would be a husband of a soldier protests with a group of locals in Germany, against violence commited by US troops in that country.I'm just asking a question. I'm not trying to get your opinion on whether or not I should take part in anything.It certainly doesn't mean I don't support the troops or my husband. There are things going on here (protests being held my locals off base that have to do with how careless a group is being with live ammunition within only a few meters of local civilians). Whether I'm married to a man in the military or not doesn't mean I should live to please him, but it also doesn't mean I act careless either. I wouldn't be doing anything to disrespect him or put him in a bad light. I wouldn't be arrested because I wouldn't be doing anything wrong. When is voicing a concern wrong? I do feel sorry for women who live their lives under the label of their husbands though.I can support my husband and support my beliefs as well. If I did indeed take part in this protest that would be off base DOES NOT MEAN I DON'T SUPPORT THE TROOPS OR HUSBAND.I WOULDN'T BE PROTESTING AMERICA! The protest has to do with live ammunition being used carelessly a small distance from locals. I can be against something my country does without being against the it.

[Benjy]

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