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The Mid-Missouri Boy Scouts of America had their first 9/11 Memorial Campout in remembrance of the 10-year anniversary of Sept. 9, 2001 tragedy.
There were camping tents as far as the eye could see, so many tents that they were over flowing the one softball and two soccer fields on Fort Leonard Wood.
There were more than 600 people in attendance and 58 were Boy Scouts from all over Missouri. Some troops came as far as Kansas.
The campout was Friday-Sunday, Sept. 9-11, on the sporting fields, across from the U.S. Army Engineer Museum.
Some of the events the scouts participated in included archery and tomahawk throwing, fire starting the pioneer way, and Dutch Oven cooking.
The main event took place at dusk on Saturday with a large flag retirement ceremony that included a bonfire for each crash site and one for all of those who have died since.
The scouts presented a slide show and explained the meaning of retiring the flag. After the explanation the scouts gave everyone a piece of the flag to retire.
They bowed their heads and stood silent and then turned around and walked away, giving the next person a chance to contemplate what happened 10 years ago to our country and its citizens.
The Mid-Missouri Boy Scouts of America had their first 9/11 Memorial Campout in remembrance of the 10-year anniversary of Sept. 9, 2001 tragedy.
There were camping tents as far as the eye could see, so many tents that they were over flowing the one softball and two soccer fields on Fort Leonard Wood.
There were more than 600 people in attendance and 58 were Boy Scouts from all over Missouri. Some troops came as far as Kansas.
The campout was Friday-Sunday, Sept. 9-11, on the sporting fields, across from the U.S. Army Engineer Museum.
Some of the events the scouts participated in included archery and tomahawk throwing, fire starting the pioneer way, and Dutch Oven cooking.
The main event took place at dusk on Saturday with a large flag retirement ceremony that included a bonfire for each crash site and one for all of those who have died since.
The scouts presented a slide show and explained the meaning of retiring the flag. After the explanation the scouts gave everyone a piece of the flag to retire.
They bowed their heads and stood silent and then turned around and walked away, giving the next person a chance to contemplate what happened 10 years ago to our country and its citizens.
