ST. GEORGE — Fourteen Boy Scouts from St. George were honored for achieving the highest rank attainable in the organization, one that only 4% of all scouts achieve in a ceremony attended by more than 200 Sunday evening.
Since its inception in 1912, more than 2.2 million young men and boys have attained the rank of Eagle Scout after earning at least 21 merit badges, demonstrating “Scout Spirit” based on the oath of law, service and leadership. Once completed, these Eagle Scouts joined the ranks with many others, including Neil Armstrong, Bill Gates and J. Willard Marriott.
On Sunday, 14 Scouts attained the coveted rank during a Court of Honor ceremony held in a lecture hall Sunday at the Desert Hills Middle School. Each scout was called out individually, and the nature of the project they had undertaken and completed was announced by former Scoutmaster John Rasmussen. The projects were part of their requirement for attaining Eagle Scout, and the boys were required to spend at least 100 hours on each project.
The ceremony was an important recognition of the many hours of dedication each of the young men had undertaken for the past five or six years.
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List of Eagle Scouts from Boy Scout Troop 1698 and their Eagle Scout Project, St. George, Utah, March 1, 2020 | Image by Cody Blowers, St. George News Brown eagle "Scout" is the main attraction during the Eagle Scout Court of Honor held at Desert Hills Middle School in St. George, Utah, March 1, 2020 | Photo by Cody Blowers, St. George News 14 Boy Scouts earn the Eagle Scout badge during Eagle Scout Court of Honor held at Desert Hills Middle School in St. George, Utah, March 1, 2020 | Photo by Cody Blowers, St. George News More than 200 gather for Eagle Scout Court of Honor held at Desert Hills Middle School in St. George, Utah, March 1, 2020 | Photo by Cody Blowers, St. George News Brown eagle "Scout" is the main attraction during the Eagle Scout Court of Honor held at Desert Hills Middle School in St. George, Utah, March 1, 2020 | Photo by Cody Blowers, St. George News 14 Boy Scouts earn the Eagle Scout badge during Eagle Scout Court of Honor held at Desert Hills Middle School in St. George, Utah, March 1, 2020 | Photo by Cody Blowers, St. George News Former Scoutmaster, John Rasmussen officiates the Eagle Scout Court of Honor held at Desert Hills Middle School in St. George, Utah, March 1, 2020 | Photo by Cody Blowers, St. George News
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