CLOSING CEREMONY

Our American Heritage
Great Sauk Council

Personnel: 8 Cub Scouts

Equipment: Small American flags, cue cards

Arrangement: Cub Scouts in uniform stand in a straight line with each holding a small American flag.

Cub #1: I am the symbol of the living America, the badge of it greatness, the emblem of it's destiny.

Cub #2: I am faith.  It is I who keep men mindful of their priceless heritage, life, liberty, and the right to pursue happiness.

Cub #3: I am hope.  I represent the land of promise wherein, already, man's loftiest dreams have approached closer to realization than ever before on this earth.

Cub #4: I am life.  Each strand and fiber of my being is a memorial, dedicated to the sacrifices of all those strong men and steadfast women who have lived and died in the nation's service, that it might live forever.

Cub #5: I am tolerance.  So long as I shall wave, all people under my protection may freely worship, think, write and speak, undaunted by the shadow of fear.

Cub #6: I am justice, tempered with mercy.  For I am friend to the oppressed and downtrodden of every land.

Cub #7: I am a sign of the future.  I wave over schools throughout the nation and in them the nation's future is molded.

Cub #8: I am the flag of the United State, the last, the best hope for peace on earth.

Thankful
Heart of America Council

Personnel: Den Chief and 6 Cub Scouts

Den Chief: We have a lot to be thankful for at this time of year.  We work and for this we see all the good things that come of it.  Let us all share something good with each other at this time.

Cub 1:Do the very best you can and leave the rest to God.

Cub 2: Life is hard by the yard; buy by the inch life is a cinch.

Cub 3: A clean conscience is a soft pillow.

Cub 4: We can do anything we want if we stick to it long enough.

Cub 5: There is no failure except to give up.

Cub 6: Our country, right or wrong.  When right, to be kept right.  When

wrong, to be made right.

Den Chief: Goodnight Cubs and families, see you next month.

Closing
Greater St. Louis Area Council

Personnel: Cubmaster and six Cub Scouts

CM: I asked myself a question today.  "What does it mean to be an American?"  There were several answers, and they were all good.  Being an American means I have a multitude of freedoms.
#1: Freedom to think and to say what I think.
#2: Freedom to worship as I please.
#3: Freedom to move ahead.
#4: Freedom to try, and freedom to fail.
#5: Freedom to stand up straight and to look the world in the eye.
#6: Freedom from want, and freedom from fear.

CM: These freedoms were not of my doing.  They were here long be fore I was born.  Our forefathers fought to win them.  I have four guarantees that will remain.  The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, my fellow Americans and me.  No man could ask for more.