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"If we use no ceremony toward others, we shall be treated without any. People are soon tired of paying trifling attentions to those who receive them with coldness, and return them with neglect."

Resources - Ceremonies

Ceremonies have been used since the dawn of history. They have played an important part in developing the romance, traditions, and opinions of individuals, institutions and nations. Originally, they were of a religious character tending to express the admiration, awe, and reverence for a Supreme Being.

Ceremonies have grown out of a desire on the part of the people of the world to express ideals in concrete form. Someone has said that a person's character is the sum total of emotions, instincts, and attitudes as modified by that person's experiences. We must, therefore, apply some other method of building character than by a simple, cold, scientific formula. We must create situations which are romantic, which stirs his emotions. These ceremonies, through their appeal to the emotions, stimulate the ideals of patriotism, moral determination, and spiritual aspiration.

There are a number of ceremonies involved in our Scouting experience. Below is a collection of resources specifically for these events.

Flag Ceremonies
Scout Oath and Law Ceremony
Tenderfoot Investiture Ceremony
Officer Ceremonies
Court of Honor
Eagle Ceremonies