Cub Scout Honor Guard

[SctDad]

Has anyone out there ever created an honorguard for their pack. A group of Cub Scouts who are the primary ones that they do the flag ceremonies.

 

Anyone done this? How did it work out. Any pit falls?

[ScoutNut]

We rotate the job among all of the dens, except Tiger. That way each den gets to "host" 2 Pack meetings. Hosting includes coming early/staying later to set and clean up, greeting, planning and running gathering activities, bringing snacks, and doing the opening and closing flag ceremonies.

 

 

[John-in-KC]

Why would you want to do this?

 

Bear Requirement 3F requires the Cub to participate in a PACK flag ceremony. There are Flag related requirements in the advancement plan for all ranks.

 

Do not limit the Color to a few of your Pack. Flag ceremonies are part of the program. They get to the Citizenship aim of Scouting. Let all have a chance, by rotating Pack openings and closing through your Dens.

 

Otherwise, you are showing favoritism

[OneHour]

We have "service den" each pack meeting. The "service den" will provide parental muscles to set up and tear down. The "service den" will conduct colors. The leads well into boy scout world where "service patrol" will be doing exactly the same chores (minus the parents)!

 

1 honor (color) guard does not do other boys any justice! It may be great to see the same boys marching in unison, crisp, and sharp as an ROTC Honor Guard, but why limit to one group? Why not teach it to all boys? Besides as John pointed out, it is a bear requirement and it is also a Webelos requirement.

[SunnyD]

Agreed, they all need a chance to do this. We even have our Tigers doing it by the end of the year. Will 6-8 year old boys be perfectly polished at this? No. But, what is of more importance to what our flag represents, a colorguard that is slightly crisper, or flag ceremonies that teach all boys respect for our country and its symbols along with their place as citizens?

[John-in-KC]

Indeed, teaching them to honor the Flag by doing is part of the fun of it!!

[IM_Kathy]

it is best to rotate through the different dens giving each a turn or two... when my son was in cubs there were 2 pack events that were set as who would do the flag ceremony and that was that webelos II did the flags at blue and gold and the webelos I did the flags at cross over (our webelos didn't cross over at blue and gold) These were the 2 biggest and very important pack events so it was always seen as important for boys at that level to do them.

[atrups]

We have a Honor Guard that does the community flag ceremonies -- 1st High School Football game, 1st High School Basketball Game, Little League Opening day, Vetern's Day Ceremony, and we recently did the flag raising at the new firestation. We use 4 Webelos because you need the strentgh to hold the flags for a period of time. We do add a Wolf and a Bear for the sides, that we rotate. This gives a complete picture of the Cub Scout program. We're a small pack so there's not much of a disadvantage of doing this. We usually have to recruit members for our Guard. By the time everyone crosses over, they have helped in at least 1 Public Color Guard. But in a larger Pack, this would seriously limit oppotunities for the boys.

 

However, for Pack meetings we rotate througth the Dens (Webelos - Wolves), so every group can get their lead a flag ceremony requirement. At the end of the year picnic (Tiger Graduation)the Tigers get their first chance to do the ceremony at the park and they are always so excited.