» IT IS THE SOLDIER

IT IS THE SOLDIER , NOT THE REPORTER, WHO HAS GIVEN US THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS.

IT IS THE SOLDIER, NOT THE POET, WHO HAS GIVEN US FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

IT IS THE SOLDIER, NOT THE CAMPUS ORGANIZER, WHO HAS GIVEN US THE FREEDOM TO DEMONSTRATE.

IT IS THE SOLDIER, NOT THE LAWYER, WHO HAS GIVEN US THE RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL.

IT IS THE SOLDIER WHO SALUTES THE FLAG, SERVES UNDER THE FLAG AND WHOSE COFFIN IS DRAPED BY THE FLAG, WHO ALLOWS THE PROTESTER TO BURN THAT SAME FLAG.

SO SHOW YOU CARE BY "WELCOMING OUR VETS HOME" AND TELLING THEM THANKS FOR SERVING IN OUR MILITARY.

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June 14th - July 4th - 21 Day Retreat Flag Ceremony (Check calendar for details)

July 4th - Help needed at Memorial Park 12 Noon to Dusk

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TROOP 128 - BUILDING LEADERS ONE AT A TIME!!

WHO ARE WE?

Troop 128 is a Boy Scout Troop chartered by the Boy Scouts of America and sponsored by the First Lutheran Church, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. We welcome you to our new web site. The troop has had a continuous charter for 75 years. We serve boys in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania and surrounding areas.

We meet on Monday evenings at 7:00 p.m. at the First Lutheran Church, 43 West Washington Street, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 17201. If you have any questions, please call the scoutmaster at 263-5834.

NOTICE:

Beginning in September, Cub Pack 128 will be meeting on the same night as the Boy Scouts and will also be participating in Troop 128 activities. If you have a son who is at least 6 years old and would like to become a cub scout and have a lot of fun and learn a lot new things, bring him to the 1st Lutheran Church, 43 West Washington Street, Chambersburg on September 8th. Check back - a contact person will be named soon.

TROOP 128'S WEB SITE IS DEDICATED TO OUR GOOD FRIEND AND ASSISTANT SCOUTMASTER, GARNEY HOUPT, WHO WAS SAVAGELY ASSAULTED BY TWO MEN IN MAY 2005 WHILE HE WAS CLOSING HIS PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT FOR THE EVENING. GARNEY SUFFERED SERIOUS HEAD WOUNDS, WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND SPENT MANY MONTHS IN FALLING SPRING NURSING FACILITY RECUPERATING. AT THIS TIME HE IS STILL RECEIVING THERAPY AND CONTINUES TO RECOVER AT HOME.

Interested in Scouting?

If you are a boy, or have a son, who is at least 11 years old, or in the 5th grade (you do not need to have ever been a Cub Scout), or if you are a Webelos II and have earned your Arrow of Light, you are eligible to join our troop! PLEASE COME AND JOIN US - WE HAVE LOTS OF FUN AND ARE A VERY ACTIVE TROOP!

*THIS WEB SITE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION - PLEASE VISIT OFTEN FOR NEW UPDATES**
PEARLS OF WISDOM FROM LORD BADEN-POWELL
The Left Handshake
The Boy Scout Movement during the War, 1939-1945

WHEN COLONEL BADEN-POWELL entered the capital city of the Ashanti people in 1890 he was met by one of the Chiefs who came to him holding out his left hand. B.-P. held out his right in return but the Chief said: "No, in my country the bravest of the brave shake with the left hand." So began the "left handshake" of the world-wide brotherhood of Scouts.