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November 1999 Discover Our Family Heritage |
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OPENING - A IS FOR AMERICA EQUIPMENT: American Flag, Pack Flag, stands, letter cards for spelling out America SETTING: Color guard brings in colors as in usual flag ceremony, but before the colors re posted each Cub Scout holds up his letter and recites his line. (Letters could be tacked up on a line or board as each Cub reads his lines either by the Cub, Den Chief or Den Leader.) CUB #1 - A -- is for ARMY that guards us well. CUB #2 - M -- is for the MEN who for liberty fell. CUB #3 - E -- is for ENEMY thrust from our shores. CUB #3 - R -- RANKS of soldiers, amid the gun's roar. CUB #3 - I -- is the dear INDEPENDENCE we won. CUB #3 - C -- is our COUNTRY, as fair as the sun. CUB #3 - A -- is the ALLEGIANCE we feel for our land. CUB #8 - Let us now pledge it with heart and with hand. All those in uniform salute, all others hand over heart. I Pledge....." After the pledge: "Color guard post the colors." OPENING - I AM AMERICA'S HERITAGE SETTING: Room is darkened, Pack flag and American flag are spotlighted. Patriotic background music is played. NARRATOR: There it is. It's still flying. It has been a long night and as the dawn appears and the smoke clears, it is fluttering in the breeze. I am the American Revolution and the valiant patriots who lost their lives that this nation might live. I am Paul Rever and his midnight ride. I am Nathan Hale and his stand for freedom. I am George Washington crossing the Delaware. I am the Boston Tea Party and Bunker Hill. I am Kings fountain and Milford Courthouse. I am the Constitution of the United States, the Bill of Rights, and the symbol of religious freedom. I am the War of 1812 and the Mexican War. I am the Alamo and the Battle of Bull Run. I am the Battle of Vicksburg and the blood and torment of the Civil War. I am the Monroe Doctrine and the Spanish American War. I am World War I and the depression of 1929. I am Pearl Harbor, World War II, the Korean conflict and Vietnam. I am the pain and sorrow, the happiness and joy of bygone days. I have seen poverty and wealth, dread and anticipation, hate and love. I have seen America though all her history. I am America's heritage. (As narrator finishes, volume of background music is turned up) CLOSING - THE FIFTY SIX MEN CUBMASTER: As we come to the end of our pack meeting, I would ask that you stop for a moment and think with me about the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence over 200 years ago. Five were captured or imprisoned in the war that followed. Nine died of wounds or hardships. Twelve lost their homes. Seventeen lost everything they owned. Every one of them was hunted. most were driven into hiding. They were offered immunity, rewards, the return of their property, or freedom of loved ones if they would give up their cause. That cause was freedom. No one did. Not one man broke his pledge. Because of men like that... men of dedication and purpose... we enjoy living in a free country today. |