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Home Page - Our Flag Trail Badge

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Worksheet:

 

 

Meeting Activities:

 

Note: No more than 6 meetings are available in the two month training period.  Activities should revolve around the Trail man's need to demo as possible.  Encourage gaming and competition when possible.

 

  • Flag Ceremony
  • Folding the flag
  • Raise and Lower the flag with hand placement.  Perimeter has one on site.  
  • Plan ahead and communicate one week plan for an outdoor flag retirement (boys need to provide and perform the ceremony).  Fire pit at the outdoor chapel?  Flags? 

 

 

Requirements Key:

 

Note: When identifying resources, be sure to give credit on the page containing the information, or within the table below.

 

Key Resource:   GPO 4USC (Flag Code).pdf - Elements of this document explain details well beyond the knowledge required to complete this trail badge.  That being said, it explains all proper usage of the US Flag and Pledge of Allegiance

 

 

Req. Sub. Description: 

Trail Life Handbook

(First Printing)

Trail Life Handbook

(Second Printing)

 Resource:
Do all of requirements 1 through 6:
1.  Basic Flag Ceremonies       
  a. Demonstrate proper folding of the American Flag  pg. 46  
  b. Demonstrate the proper placement of hands (and hats) while reciting the Pledge.     

 

The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag: “I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”, should be rendered by standing at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. When not in uniform men should remove any non-religious headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder,the hand being over the heart. Persons in uniform should remain silent, face the flag, and render the military salute.
  c. Demonstrate displaying the colors for an outdoor ceremony.  pg. 46  
  • Outdoor - Pole vs. Stand for Indoor. 
  d. Demonstrate raising and lowering the American flag for an outdoor flag ceremony.    
  • Raise briskly and respectfully. Lowering respectfully.  For Half-Staff, raise to peak then lower solemnly to half.  To lower, raise briskly to peak momentarily, then lower solemnly.
  e. Participate in a flag ceremony for your Troop meeting, award ceremony or other indoor ceremony.      
  • Opportunities include: Troop meeting, Veteran's Day, Court of Honor, other honor guard at Trail Life gatherings.  
2. Know the Flag Code and its history. Diagram the proper way to display the American Flag in the following circumstances:    
  a. When carried in a procession with another flags.     
  • See VA Flag Display Instructions 
  b. When displayed with another flag against a wall with crossed staffs.     
  • See VA Flag Display Instructions 
 
  c. When a number of flags on staffs are displayed with the American flag     
  • See VA Flag Display Instructions 
 
  d. When state flags or other pennants are flown from the same halyard with the American Flag.     
  • See VA Flag Display Instructions 
 
  e. When the flags of two or more nations are displayed.     
  • See VA Flag Display Instructions 
 
  f. When a flag is displayed on a staff horizontally from a window sill or building.     
  • See VA Flag Display Instructions 
 
  g. When the flag is not on a staff and is displayed flat against a wall horizontally and vertically.     
  • See VA Flag Display Instructions 
 
  h. When used on a speaker's platform.     
  • See VA Flag Display Instructions 
 
  i. When flown at half-staff.  pg. 46  
  • See VA Flag Display Instructions  
  j. When used to cover a casket.     
  • See VA Flag Display Instructions 
 
3. Make a diagram of the American flag, labeling all its parts. Include and be able to define the hoist, peak, fly, staff, halyard, and union.    
4. Learn the history of the Pledge of Allegiance.    
5. Learn the date, the conflict, the American flag's design, its physical condition, and the situation that prompted Francis Scott Key to write the Star-Spangled Banner.    
6. Read through the words of the National Anthem written by Francis Scott Key.  Explain line by line in your own words what was going on and his views on it.    
Do three requirements from group 7 through 15:
7. Participate in the color guard for a flag ceremony for a community event.     
  • ex. Veterans Day 
8. Participate in the color guard for an outdoor flag ceremony.    
9. Find a script giving a meaning or symbolism to each of the 13 folds required to properly fold an American flag and use it in a flag ceremony.    
10. Find or write a special flag ceremony and perform it in front of an audience.      
11. Teach a Woodlands Unit a flag ceremony and help them perform it at a troop function.      
12. Find or write a respectful American flag retirement ceremony and perform it at a campfire program.    
13. Participate in a flag planting service project at a cemetery for their Memorial Day service honoring veterans.      
14. Learn the history and usage of the 21-Gun Salute.    
15. Learn the origins of Flag Day and plan a special event celebrating the day for your troop or community.    
  • This does not require participating in the Flag day event, just planning.
  • History of Flag Day  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Comments (1)

Joretta Windham said

at 9:41 pm on Jul 13, 2014

The boys would benefit from a flag-retirement ceremony. They would learn to treat the flag with respect and the proper way to dispose of worn and damaged flags.

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