Here we are practicing with our Scouts. Michelle and I. 
Doing the flag ceremony.
The girls holding their flag strips.
The first piece going into the fire.
Playing "taps" at the end. Awesome!So in our family, there are 5 scout representatives! Chad is a Boy Scout, Luke a Cub Scout, Macy a Girl Scout, Derrick an 11-year-old Scout Leader, and I'm a Bear (Cub) Scout Leader. Scouts keeps us running a lot. This past weekend Macy and I got the opportunity to walk in a Veteran's Day Parade - in the pouring rain I might add. Very wet, but we had a lot of fun.
Today my Cubs got to do the Flag Ceremony in a Veteran's Day assembly at their school. Always fun when we get to be involved, but the really cool part was that during the assembly, one of the local Girl Scout troops read all about our country, how it was founded, all about our flag, and then they "retired" a flag. "Retiring" a flag is when it is no longer able to "fly", and needs to be burned. What an amazing thing this was! I told Derrick about it and he was surprised because he thought that only Boy Scouts and Military people were able to retire a flag, but they did an amazing job. The leaders cut the flag up into strips to represent each of the stripes and they also cut off the field of blue with the stars attached and as they were cutting all the Girl Scouts were reciting each star, in numerical order, and the state that it represents. Once they were done, we all went outside to a fire pit manned by the Fire Marshall where they proceeded to very reverently place each strip, one at a time, in the fire. It was so emotional, and the audience, K-5th grade, were all quiet and in awe. What a wonderful place we live in where we respect our flag and country so much!
Today my Cubs got to do the Flag Ceremony in a Veteran's Day assembly at their school. Always fun when we get to be involved, but the really cool part was that during the assembly, one of the local Girl Scout troops read all about our country, how it was founded, all about our flag, and then they "retired" a flag. "Retiring" a flag is when it is no longer able to "fly", and needs to be burned. What an amazing thing this was! I told Derrick about it and he was surprised because he thought that only Boy Scouts and Military people were able to retire a flag, but they did an amazing job. The leaders cut the flag up into strips to represent each of the stripes and they also cut off the field of blue with the stars attached and as they were cutting all the Girl Scouts were reciting each star, in numerical order, and the state that it represents. Once they were done, we all went outside to a fire pit manned by the Fire Marshall where they proceeded to very reverently place each strip, one at a time, in the fire. It was so emotional, and the audience, K-5th grade, were all quiet and in awe. What a wonderful place we live in where we respect our flag and country so much!
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