88-year-old finally gets Eagle Scout rank

piemaker720 · 07-30-2007, 10:46 AM

http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat...ly-scout_N.htm

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FORT MYERS, Florida (AP) — More than a half-century after he finished the requirements to earn the rank, an 88-year-old man was honored as an Eagle Scout, making him possibly the oldest person to ever collect the Boy Scout honor.
Walter Hart could not become an Eagle Scout at the time he earned the rank because his service in World War II got in the way

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Better late than never.

Pocahontas · 07-30-2007, 11:57 AM

Good for Walter! You are never too old to pursue a dream!

Brutus · 07-30-2007, 01:22 PM

That is great he took his sweet time to finish his project. I hope it was a good one. This is wrong and they should not change the regulation to allow this. I know plenty of young men who were not able to finish the requirements to attain the rank of Eagle. Why do we have rules and regulations if they can be re-written at the drop of the hat? Next we are going to have gay scoutmaster.

piemaker720 · 07-30-2007, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Brutus

That is great he took his sweet time to finish his project. I hope it was a good one. This is wrong and they should not change the regulation to allow this. I know plenty of young men who were not able to finish the requirements to attain the rank of Eagle. Why do we have rules and regulations if they can be re-written at the drop of the hat? Next we are going to have gay scoutmaster.

Brutus, I can see you did not read the story because it states he earned the rank before he went to war. After he came home from the war he forgot until he ran across the paperwork years later. Where do you see that he finished the rank now? Read the STORY! They have not change the rules to accommandate him.

Brutus · 07-30-2007, 02:04 PM

I did not read the article and that is good he did receive the rank he earned. Thank you for posting an interesting article.

piemaker720 · 07-30-2007, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Brutus

I did not read the article and that is good he did receive the rank he earned. Thank you for posting an interesting article.

And thank you for reading it.

AnimeSpirit · 07-30-2007, 02:25 PM

I never made Eagle scout. I almost made it though. I got tired of the other kind of BS in the troop I was in before I made it, so I quit.

07-30-2007, 11:57 AM	#2
Pocahontas SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,691 Rep Power: 267	Good for Walter! You are never too old to pursue a dream! __________________ "The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain." Jennifer Aniston

07-30-2007, 01:22 PM	#3
Brutus Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	88 Year old boy scout That is great he took his sweet time to finish his project. I hope it was a good one. This is wrong and they should not change the regulation to allow this. I know plenty of young men who were not able to finish the requirements to attain the rank of Eagle. Why do we have rules and regulations if they can be re-written at the drop of the hat? Next we are going to have gay scoutmaster.

07-30-2007, 02:04 PM	#5
Brutus Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	Thanks for reading the article I did not read the article and that is good he did receive the rank he earned. Thank you for posting an interesting article.

07-30-2007, 02:25 PM	#7
AnimeSpirit SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nowhere Age: 41 Posts: 1,659 Rep Power: 257	I never made Eagle scout. I almost made it though. I got tired of the other kind of BS in the troop I was in before I made it, so I quit. __________________ Confuscious says~

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