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Jake ‘n Joe’s has generously offered to donate a portion of every check (with attached flyer) to our troop. All menu items are included in this offer! And Wednesday is Burger Night at Jake ‘n Joe’s - $3.50 burgers and Take Out is included in this fundraiser. Offer is good from 11:30 – Close. Show your troop spirit and give mom the night off from cooking! J  All are invited to attend the Troop 17 Fall Court of Honor on Monday September 29 at 7:30pm. All family members are encouraged to attend this event, as it celebrates the achievements of your Scout(s).
Scouts should plan on attending at 7pm to help with setup and to have a short meeting.Troop 17 will hold its September Court of Honor on September 29th at 7:30pm. This Court of Honor will feature the huge accomplishments that our Scouts made over the summer to include Summer Camp, Merit Badge Mania, and other merit badge sessions. We will also be officially installing the new PLC at this Court of Honor. The Troop Committee is hosting a Parents Social prior to the Court of Honor. Please join us to meet the families involved in your scout’s troop, and to ask questions of the Troop Committee members. All are welcome! All Scouts should arrive at the usual 7:00 pm meeting time. The Parent Social will begin at 7:00 pm. The Court of Honor will begin at 7:30 pm. As with all Courts of Honor, Scouts are expected to be in their full Class A uniform, to include a merit badge sash, if they have one. This year we are going to try to do something different with the refreshments following the Court of Honor. In an effort to reduce leftovers, we are going to ask two patrols to help out with refreshments at each Court of Honor this year. For this first one, on September 29th, we are asking the Skyhawks and the Epic Patrols to bring goodies to enjoy following the ceremony. Additionally, we would like to ask that the parents of these two patrols help with setting up the refreshments in the kitchen.  200 years ago this morning, a captured Washington lawyer, by the name of Francis Scott Key, awoke aboard a British warship as it lay siege to the port of Baltimore. He had witnessed on the previous night a horrific assault on Ft McHenry, a small earthen and brick fort that was the last hope of protection for the city of Baltimore. In the evening, 19 British warships attacked the fort with cannons and Congreve rockets. These cannon shells and bombs bursting in air were sure to defeat those defending the small fort. Surely, after that pounding, the fort would surrender, or all would be lost. When Keys awoke, the next morning, the smoke and fog obscured the fort. He didn't know if the American defenders had survived the continuous shelling from the previous night. However, once the smoke cleared, he saw that the small garrison flag had been replaced by a huge flag - the Star-Spangled Banner. He was so inspired that he immediately set out to pen a poem. That poem later became our National Anthem. That Star-Spangled banner can be seen today in the Smithsonian's National History Museum, and the flag can still be seen flying at Ft. McHenry, where the National Anthem is still sung proudly every day. We encourage everyone to visit and learn more about our flag and National anthem.
As Scouts, we always respect the flag and the National Anthem by saluting while in uniform. Encourage others to show the same respect whether they are in uniform or not by learning proper etiquette here. Most you probably don't know the full lyrics to the Star Spangled Banner. It's more than just the verse that we usually sing. It is quite inspiring, and it is easy to see how it became our National Anthem. Perhaps, when you sing it at your next sporting event, Scouting event or on the Fourth of July, it will have a little deeper meaning for you. O say can you see by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In full glory reflected now shines in the stream: 'Tis the star-spangled banner, O! long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion, A home and a country, should leave us no more? Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved home and the war's desolation. Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heav'n rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation! Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: "In God is our trust." And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! Let's look at some of the many and varied versions of our National Anthem. They may all be different, but they say all express the same sentiment. God Bless America!
Program Planning Conference – Sunday, September 7th at 5pm - All PLC members (both incoming and outgoing) should attend the Program Planning Conference on Sunday Sept. 7 at 5pm. We will be going over details of the planned events. We will also be discussing the September troop meeting plans.
 Eagle Project Help Needed – Saturday, September 6th & 13th at 10am – Jack Moran is asking his fellow scouts for help with his Eagle Project. He would like to invite all scouts and parents to assist with clearing the site for his project, which is the outdoor classroom between the Robinson and the Jordan/Jackson Schools.
The meeting time is 10:00 am in the back parking lot behind the Robinson School. Please bring work gloves, bug repellent, and rakes if possible. Water & pizza for lunch will be provided. This project is approved by the Scoutmaster for advancement purposes.  Troop 17, are you ready to get back in the swing of things? Regular Troop meetings start back up on Monday, September 8!!!
Troop meetings start at 7:00pm, and end at 8:30pm. The PLC will continue to meet at 6:30pm. Both the incoming and outgoing PLC should plan on attending through September. Scouts are reminded to attend in Class A uniform, and to bring their Scout books to every meeting. |
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