Scouting, Volume 38, Number 1, January 1950 Page: 4
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The Scouts of Woodlawn Presbyterian Church Troop 58 take the Crusade pledge after carefully
studying the meaning of the word "liberty."
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★ The Crusade can and should be more than
just lighting torches and repeating the words
of a pledge.
It is a positive force, with positive meaning.
The Crusade is not against anything. It is for some-
thing. It is for freedom and liberty. It is for the
rights of the individual. It is for the preservation
of religion — your religion and the religion of
your neighbor.
In Atlanta, Georgia, Scout Leaders found a
spark which lifted their Crusade ceremonies above
routine. It was a spark based upon a firm convic-
tion that the Crusade is deeper than merely mem-
orizing words.
To imbue their boys more fully with the Amer-
ican heritage, Council leaders arranged specific
projects for them. The projects emerged as pag-
eantry and playlets in Cub Packs, and as discus-
sion panels in Troops and Explorer Units. The meat
of the projects were the documents of American
liberty.
How doe$ a small group face a hazardous ven-
ture for freedom? The Scout might find the answer
in the Mayflower Compact. What might be the re-
action of freedom-loving men if their liberties
were imperilled? The answer was sought in the
Declaration of Independence. And so it went —
The Preamble to the Constitution, The Bill of
Rights, George Washington's Farewell Address,
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, and many other
historical documents.
With such a background, what Scout might not
be truly ready for his Crusade pledge?
As we go into the second and crucial year
of the Crusade to Strengthen the Arm of
Liberty, we need to do everything possible
to give it real meaning, to boys as well as
to leaders. This story tells how Atlanta did
it, and suggests activities which could be
carried out now, in your Pack or Troop or
Explorer group.
Let's firid ways to dramatize the Crusade,
at each and every one of our Unit, District
and Council meetings all through this 40tli
Anniversary year. You will find a number
of specific suggestions on other pages of
this issue and in succeeding issues.
Witness if you will, a Cub Pack, Scout Troop
and Explorer Post marching down the aisles of a
great auditorium, torches in their hands. Then we
hear these young Americans take their pledge to
Strengthen the Arm of Liberty. They know what
liberty means.
The spirit of the Crusade? They have it — viv-
idly, interpreted to them as a way of life.
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