Of all the memorable experiences I had in the Boy Scouts of America, there is one that I still think about on a regular basis.

I was 13 years old and was serving as the senior patrol leader and boy leader of the entire troop. Our troop was at our annual weeklong summer camp, and it was near dinner time, when all of the troops would line up on the parade grounds for the evening colors ceremony.

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