Share them in the comments section below. Show up with your Scouts - in uniform, if possible - and show your support. Composed by Alfred Miles, Charles Zimmerman, Edmund Gruber, Henry Davis, Samuel Ward, and Robert Crawford. See if there’s an Armed Forces Day event in your areaĬheck your local newspaper to see whether there’s an Armed Forced Day event in your area. Choral Narrator, alto voice, bass voice, keyboard, soprano, tenor voice A Salute to the Armed Forces. If you see a soldier or veteran, be sure to tell him or her thanks for their service. It can be as simple as providing a flag ceremony.” “Call your local VFW or similar organization and ask what they need. Not sure how you can best honor our armed forces? Just ask. View all Celebrate America - Lets Sing Musical/Salute to the Armed Forces Medley. “Conduct a drive and send collected items to deployed service members in care packages.”Ĭontact the USO for more info on how and where to send these packages. Army personnel will stand at attention and sing the lyrics of the. Learn more about volunteering for our veterans here. Seeing Scouts is sure to brighten their day, and your Scouts will be honored to meet these American heroes. We do this every Armed Forces Day so that they will be in place for Memorial Day.” The American Legion orders flags for our Scouts to place on veterans’ graves throughout the city. “Our pack does a service project for our chartered organization. It seems that the kids liked hearing about the Army from someone in uniform. I also talked about the importance of wearing a complete uniform and wearing it correctly.” I was a guest at three separate den meetings with packs within the district where I went in uniform and brought my dress uniform, helmet, rucksack and some MREs for the Scouts to try. “As it turns out I am both a soldier (a non-commissioned officer) and a Cubmaster. Ask a soldier to speak at a Scout meeting We gave them bags of popcorn as a thank you gift!” Then we turned the boys loose with questions.
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“Veterans Day this past year fell on Tuesday, our meeting night, so we had a full sit-down potluck dinner and invited all of our veterans to come celebrate with us and talk about what they did in the military. I asked Scouting magazine’s Facebook community for ideas for saluting our soldiers on Armed Forces Day. That makes Armed Forces Day - Saturday, a critical time for us to thank the members of our military for their patriotic service in support of our country. Eagle Scouts get to enter the military at a higher rank. Many current Scouting volunteers served in the armed forces. Scout units learn from military units (and vice versa!) at day camps and camporees. For more than a century, Scouting and the military have been strong allies.