Miscellaneous Ceremony

STITCHES IN THE FLAG - CUBMASTER MINUTE

PREPARATION: Cubs stand in square formation around the American flag which is posted in the center of room.

CUBMASTER: Boys, did you ever think what makes up our country's flag? Yes, there are stripes, a patch of blue, and some five pointed stars, but they are just pieces of cloth. However, when the thirteen stripes of alternating red and white representing the thirteen original colonies, are put together and the field of blue is in place with the stars, securely held together by millions of stitches, then we no longer have a piece of cloth and patches, but the flag of the United States of America. The emblem of our country.

You know, I like to think that all those stitches represent "We the people …" , that each and every one of us is represented in the flag by a stitch holding steadfast together as long as we are strong, and do our best to be good American citizens.

All of you have seen what happens when stitches fail to hold. The flag would fall apart or ravel. That is exactly what can happen to our country if we, the citizens, do not hold steadfast to do our best. Our freedom or rights as citizens can be lost. Today and everyday, let's show by our actions that we are worthy to be citizens of this great land - America.