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Flag Ceremonies at Camp
Flag ceremonies at camp may vary with local conditions, but if we understand
a good general pattern we can adapt this to any situation.
In a short-term camp the proper methods of showing respect to our flag are
important. They build morale and patriotism. The flagpole may be merely
a line run into a tree. In some areas it may be necessary to march the colors
in and out, flanked by color guards, if no method of flag raising is possible.
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A small council camp may find it convenient to assemble all Scouts around
a central flagpole for ceremonies both morning and night. However, such
a camp may prefer to raise the colors in the morning without ceremony and
to hold a formal retreat at night.
Large council camps may have many decentralized unit camps. Some of these
units may not be able to see the main flagpole. They mayor may not be able
to hear a centrally located bugler.
It is common practice in such camps to raise the flag at a central point
in the morning without formal ceremony, at the first note of "Reveille,"
and to march the units to this flagpole for a formal retreat ceremony in
the evening.
The important thing is to use flags and flag ceremonies at all troop outings.
The display of the flags, troop and U.S., should be as much a normal scene
as tents and Boy Scouts.
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