Thunderbird District
Inland Northwest Council
Boy Scouts of America

Sample Eagle Scout Ceremony # 4
An Eagle Scout

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SETTING: A brief opening ceremony has brought in the colors and posted them in the front of the room. Other appropriate candles and Eagle paraphernalia have been placed there also. Scoutmaster, ceremony participants, and family of the Eagle Candidate (not him though) are seated in the front row. Visiting Scouts and Scouters are also in or near the front.

MC: Tonight we have the honor and pleasure of bestowing the rank of Eagle Scout on a member of our troop. This presentation takes on added significance when one considers the tempo of the times. Democracy is a fresh conquest for each generation. This is an important and serious matter and a cause for concern of every true American.

In full awareness of the challenge of the times, the parents of this young man and his Scout Leaders have labored long and faithfully through the Scout program to develop him toward an alert and participating citizenship. Their efforts will culminate tonight in the presentation of his Eagle Award.

The success of these efforts will be manifest in the way that this and every other Eagle Scout sets a social pattern for all whose lives they touch.

(The Candidate is escorted to the front of the room by an honor guard in the usual manner.)

CHAPLAIN: Prayer for Scouting

Heavenly Father, we thank you for the interest in the Scouting movement that has brought this group together tonight. We thank you for the success of the Scouting movement in the United States since 1910. We are grateful for the influence that troop __________ has had on the lives of boys since it held-its first charter in 19_____ . We pray for the continued blessing on this troop, its leaders, its troop committee, and its sponsor, through the years ahead; that troop __________ may continue to turn out leaders for tomorrow, prepared as good citizens.

MC: The Scout movement constitutes one of the most wholesome and significant developments of our day. You have been deemed worthy of high rank in its membership. All who know you rejoice in your achievement. Your position, as you well know, is one of honor and responsibility. You are now a marked man; as an Eagle Scout, you will be asked to assume a solemn obligation to do your duty to God, to your country, to your fellow Scouts, and to your fellow citizens. This is a great undertaking. It is therefore right and proper that a Review Board make a careful examination of each candidate prior to the presentation of an Eagle Award. This candidate has presented a record of Merit Badges earned and these have been carefully checked against council records and certified by duly appointed Merit Badge Counselors. The Review Board has carefully checked the record of this candidate as to leadership in his troop, school affairs, church association, in his community, and in the conduct of his Eagle Service Project. This candidate has demonstrated his capacity and willingness to exert leadership ability in activities that are constructive and worthwhile. It has been satisfactorily established by the Review Board that this candidate is putting into daily practice the principles of the Scout Oath and Law. In light of the inquiries by the Review Board, and the favorable results in each case, the Review Board has found this candidate qualified and has authorized this Court of Honor to bestow upon you, _______________ , the Award of Eagle.

(Here, the parents would be recognized, the presentation made, and while the new Eagle is pinning the miniature Eagle on his mother, the poem "An Eagle Scout" is read to the audience.

(The rest of the ceremony would proceed as other typical sample ceremonies.)

This page last updated: March 7, 2006