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I, [ Scout's name
], believe in the Boy Scouts of America as a movement that has as its
aim and purpose, character building and citizenship training. I believe
it to be a movement that helps a Scout become master of his own powers,
helps him get along with others and helps him find a worthy use for his
talents.
I believe it is
my duty to do my best to obey the Scout Oath and Law. I hereby renew my
commitment to Scouting and promise to do what I can in service to other
Scouts who are still on the Eagle trail.
I, [ Scout's name
] on my honor as an Eagle Scout, promise to work to better Scouting in
my Troop and to influence all Scouts for greater advancement and participation.
I will conduct myself in a manner fitting and proper for one of this high
rank. I will do my best, to give leadership in service whenever I can.
This I promise to do always.
The Eagle Scout
candidate will now take the Eagle Scout pledge. As the candidate takes
this pledge for the first time, will those Eagle Scouts who are present
in the audience please stand and reaffirm their pledge? Will each of you
please give the Scout Sign and repeat after me in unison?
On my honor, I will
do my best, to do my duty to God.
On my honor, I will do my best, to do my duty to my country.
I reaffirm my allegiance to the three promises of the Scout Oath.
I thoughtfully recognize and take upon myself
the obligations and responsibilities of the rank of Eagle Scout.
On my honor, I will
do my best to make my training an example,
and make my rank and influence strongly count
for better scouting and for better citizenship,
in my troop, in my community, and in my contact with other people,
regardless of race, color, or creed.
To this, I pledge my sacred honor.
The Eagle Scouts
in the audience may now be seated.
I charge you to
enter this Eagle Scout brotherhood holding ever before you, without reservation,
the ideals of honor and service. By repeating of the Eagle Scout pledge
before your fellow members, you have become an Eagle Scout. Though the
words you used just now are similar to those by which you joined Scouting,
today they mean more than they ever could have meant at that time, or
at any time in the past. When you pledged yourself on your sacred honor,
using the same words which are found at the end of the Declaration of
Independence, you sealed your eternal loyalty to the code of the Eagle
Scout.
[ As one Eagle Scout
to another, ] by the authority vested in me by the National Court of Honor
of the Boy Scouts of America, it is my privilege and pleasure to pronounce
you an Eagle Scout. May the oath you have taken remain true in your heart.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Scouts and Scouters, I present to you Eagle Scout [ Scout's name ].
-- Thanks to Steve
Aberle, saberle@olympic.brigadoon.com
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