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An Eagle Agenda
Ceremony Checklist
The Eagle
Charge
The Eagle Pledge
Opening Candle Ceremony |
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Eagle Candidate (scout’s full name) :
I have the honor to give you the Eagle Scout Charge on the occasion of
your elevation to the highest rank in Scouting.
The Boy Scouts of all nations constitute one of the most wholesome and
significant influences in the world’s history. You have been counted
worthy of this high rank in the Boy Scouts of America. All who know you
rejoice in your achievement.
Your position, as you well know, is one of honor and responsibility. You
are a marked man. As an Eagle Scout, you have assumed a solemn obligation
to do your duty to God, to country, to your fellow Scouts, and to mankind
in general. This is a great undertaking. As you live up to your
obligations, you bring honor to yourself and to your brother Scouts.
Your responsibility goes beyond your fellow Scouts; it extends to your
country and your God. America has many good things to give you and to give
your children after you but these good things depend for the most part on
the quality of her citizens. Our country has had a great past. You can
make the future still greater.
I charge you to undertake your citizenship with solemn dedication. Be a
leader, but lead only toward the best. Lift up every task you do and every
office you hold to the high level of service to God and your fellow man.
So live and serve so those who know you will be inspired to the finest
living. We have too many who use their strength and their brains to
exploit others and to gain selfish ends. I charge you to be among those
who dedicate their hearts and hands to the common good.
Build America on the solid foundation of clean living, honest work,
unselfish citizenship and reverence for God. Then, whatever others may do,
you will leave behind you a record of which you may be justly proud.
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