Boy Scouts do a good turn on Shenandoah Valley Battlefields

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Boy Scouts do a good turn on Shenandoah Valley Battlefields
Posted on Friday, September 12, 2014 at 7:59 am



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Scouts spent the day placing protective tubes over seedlings and painting fences

WINCHESTER, Va. – The best and brightest of tomorrow are protecting the hallowed sites of yesterday, as local Boy Scout troops have teamed up with the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation (SVBF) to pursue scout projects on the Third Winchester battlefield, site of the September 19, 1864, battle that saw 54,000 men clash in a see-saw struggle that changed the course of the war in the valley.

The Battlefields Foundation has joined forces with Troops 3, 31, and 62 of the Shenandoah Area Council Boy Scouts of America to connect conservation-minded American youth to various preservation, merit badge, and Eagle Scout project opportunities on local Civil War battlefields. To date, the partnership has allowed SVBF to host four Eagle projects on the Third Winchester battlefield, including Star Fort. Eight more Eagle projects are in the pipeline for 2014, projects that will provide enormous help to the Foundation’s efforts to restore and interpret the 567-acre battlefield preserve by the 150th Anniversary of the battle on September 19, 2014.

More: http://www.civilwarcourier.com/?p=132560
 
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