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Eagle Scout Travis Cochran
Eagle Scout
Travis Cochran
Besides being male, what do documentary filmmaker Michael Moore, serial killer John Edward Robinson and Fred Flintstone have in common? They were all Eagle Scouts. It was a hundred years ago today that publisher William Boyce founded the Boy Scouts of America in Washington, DC, inspired by the British Boy Scout Association, which had been established a few years earlier by Sir Robert Baden-Powell. Boy Scouts have long been lauded for their public service and strong values. The Scout Oath calls upon its members to obey the Scout Law, to be trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, and clean in thought, word and deed. Over 100 million boys have joined the Boy Scouts over the years. Eagle Scout Travis Cochran earned each of the 122 merit badges, far surpassing the minimum requirement of earning 22 badges. Oh, and let's not forget the achievements of Peanuts' Snoopy — he became a Beagle Scout.
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