Email
received Nov 9, 2010:
Thank
you to the scouts (and parents) who attended our Veteran's Day ceremony at the
Village Green on Sunday, along with the Food Scavenger Hunt that followed the
ceremony. It was a beautiful afternoon for our ceremony and the hunt.
Parents and Scouts, please join us for another Veteran's Day pack tradition...
WHEN: Wednesday, November 11
TIME: 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
LOCATION: Lake Bluff Elementary School, 350 W. Washington Street off Green Bay
Road
Our Webelos II scouts, Dens 9 and 10, will be doing
the morning flag raising and reading a wonderful script about Veteran's Day.
Captain Thomas Denio, Jr., will be our guest speaker.
Scouts from Dens 9 and 10 must be in Class A uniform and arrive by 7:45 a.m.
Students will arrive at the school at the regular time and proceed to their
classrooms (except for boys from Dens 9 and 10). At 8:05 a.m., teachers will
bring the students back out to the front of the school and form a semi-circle
around the flag pole.
Scouts that wish to stand as honor guard at the
front of the group during the ceremony must wear their Class A uniform
(uniform shirt, neckerchief and slide).
the Script:
CUB SCOUT PACK 42
VETERANS
DAY SERVICE
Lake Bluff
Elementary School
(Text updated 11-09-2010)
(numbers for Iraq
and Afghanistan updated 10/18/11)
Flag Bearers
State – (2 boys)
Scout
#1: Attention!
Will
the audience please face the flag pole.
(pause)
Color
guard, prepare to advance the colors.
(pause)
Advance
the colors.
(The
color guard advances with the American Flag and attaches it to the flag pole.
The State of
Scout: Hand Salute!
Let
us recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.
(all recite pledge)
Scout: Two!
Scout
#2: Veterans Day was
originally called Armistice Day in honor of the armistice (or truce) that ended
World War I — the most destructive war ever fought up to that time. The War
began in
Scout
#3: What a joyous
day! The whole world was glad when the guns stopped firing. But ten million
soldiers had been killed. Twenty million had been wounded. Countless civilians
had died of hunger and disease. Homes, businesses and farms were destroyed. In
1919 President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November 11 as Armistice Day to remind
Americans of the tragedies of war. A 1938 law made the day a federal holiday.
(pause)
Let
us honor the veterans of World War I, including 56 people from
Adult
leader: (facing
audience) Those of us in uniform will salute (gesture) and the rest of us
will cover our hearts (demonstrate).
(pause)
Hand salute! (hold for 5 seconds) Two!
Scout
#4: It was hoped
that World War I, then known as the Great War, would be the war to end all
wars. Sadly, however, this was not to be, as more deadly destruction followed
in the years ahead. In 1939, the Second World War began. More than sixteen
million soldiers died until the fighting ended in 1945.
(pause)
Let
us honor the veterans of World War II, including 213 people from
Adult
leader: (facing
flag) Hand salute! (hold for
5 seconds) Two!
Scout
#5: The Korean War
began as an invasion of
(pause)
Let
us honor the veterans of the Korean War, including 25 people from
Adult
leader: Hand salute! (hold for 5 seconds)
Two!
Scout
#6: In 1954,
President Eisenhower, who had been a great general of World War II, and Congress
changed the Armistice Day holiday’s name to Veteran’s Day to honor all
United States Veterans. Veteran’s Day honors the brave men and women who serve
in the
(pause)
Let
us give thanks for our freedom.
Scout
#7: Almost 3
million Americans fought in the Vietnam War. Between 1957 and 1975 about 58,000
American military personnel died in the longest war in which the
(pause)
Let
us honor the veterans of the Vietnam War, including 120 people from
Adult
leader: Hand salute! (hold for 5 seconds)
Two!
Scout
#8: The Persian
Gulf War, sometimes called Operation Desert Storm, was fought in early 1991
between
(pause)
Let
us honor the veterans who died in the Persian Gulf War, including one person
from
Adult
leader: Hand salute! (hold for 5 seconds)
Two!
Scout
#9: American
service men and women are in harms way again today
serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom. 4349 4469* US troops have died in
this war, including eight twelve* people from Lake County, Illinois.
(pause)
Let
us honor all those who serve our country and hope for their swift and safe return.
Adult
leader: Hand salute! (hold for 5 seconds)
Two!
Scout
#10: American
service men and women are in harms way again today
serving in 869 1814* US troops have died in this war, including four eight*
people from Lake County, Illinois.
(pause)
Let
us honor all those who serve our country and hope for their swift and safe
return.
Adult
leader: Hand salute! (hold for 5 seconds)
Two!
Cubmaster will now introduce
Captain Thomas Denio, Jr., who serves in the U.S. Navy
at Great Lakes Naval Station, who will say a few words about Veterans.
"Captain DeNio
is the Director of Operations, Plans and Requirements for Naval Service
Training Command, the Navy's Accessions Command. They are responsible for training 40,000 new
sailors at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, 2500 new Officers at
Officer Training Command in
Katie Williams, principal of
*as of November 4, 2011 according to www.militarytimes.com/valor the total KIA for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn is 4469 of which 159 were from Illinois. The 12 from Lake County are Lisk, Davis, Giamo, Carrasquillo, Maher, Farmer, Giannopoulous, Moreno, Syverson, Morris, Singh and Robinson**. Total KIA for Operation Enduring Freedom were 1814 of which 73 were from Illinois. The 8 from Lake County are Wade**, Dimock**, Saczek, Weinger, Penich**, Vasquez, Ochsner and Wells.
**Served by Pack 42.
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