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My Best photos of 2011 Part 2: Boy scouts

Best of 2011 Part 1, 2010, 2009, and 2008
I kicked off 2011 by finally pulling the trigger on something I had wanted to do for a while. I rejoined the Boy Scouts as an adult leader. Specifically, I rejoined my old troop, 14, as an assistant scoutmaster. I visited a troop while working in the [...]

Troop 14: Flag Planting

Troop 14 celebrates memorial day by attending the flag raising (subsequently half-mast) and flag planting for every tombstone in the Presidio National Cemetery in San Francisco. Other troops and cub scout packs from around the city help as a flag is placed in front of every grave for soldiers going as far back as the [...]