{"id":2929,"date":"2018-01-30T08:00:22","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T14:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/grandfather-awards-his-eagle-medal-to-grandson\/"},"modified":"2018-01-30T08:00:22","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T14:00:22","slug":"grandfather-awards-his-eagle-medal-to-grandson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/grandfather-awards-his-eagle-medal-to-grandson\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandfather awards his Eagle medal to grandson"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tiger Scout Zachary Hearon looked over his grandfather\u2019s Scouting memorabilia displayed at his pack\u2019s blue and gold banquet. He was fascinated with the Eagle Scout award.<\/p>\n

His grandfather, Russell Hayes, earned his Eagle in 1965\u00a0while a member of Explorer Post 44 in Millville, New Jersey. He remained active in Scouting for decades, and his daughters became Cub Scout leaders. For this blue and gold, Zachary\u2019s pack celebrated Scouting\u2019s Centenary by asking family members to show off their collections.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAt that time, he asked if he could be an Eagle Scout. I said, \u2018I don\u2019t see why not,’\u201d Hayes says. \u201cThat stuck with him \u2014 I was really proud of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

A decade later, Hayes and Hearon attended another Scouting ceremony: Zachary\u2019s Eagle Scout court of honor.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI remember being a little Tiger Cub running around telling my mom I want to be an Eagle Scout just like my grandpop,\u201d Hearon said at his court of honor. \u201cThat little Tiger Cub was right, he made it.\u201d<\/p>\n

To honor his achievement, Hayes pinned his Eagle award that Hearon had admired years before on his grandson.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo watch him go through Scouting was an honor for me,\u201d Hayes says.<\/p>\n

Eagles fly together<\/h2>\n

Sharing your Eagle award with a family member who has also reached the pinnacle of Boy Scout ranks isn\u2019t a common practice, says Ryan Larson, National Eagle Scout Association<\/a> associate director. It\u2019s permissible as long as the award is BSA-issued.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also a special, heartfelt way to welcome a new member to the Eagle Scout brotherhood.<\/p>\n

Eagle Scouts sometimes soar within families. Those who do can be featured in Eagles\u2019 Call<\/a><\/em>, the official magazine for Eagle Scouts. Siblings and\/or generations who have earned Eagle can submit photos<\/a> that you could see on the quarterly magazine\u2019s pages.<\/p>\n

Eagles\u2019 Call<\/em> also highlights Eagles who are serving in our armed forces<\/a>, have recently received outstanding recognitions<\/a> or who have passed away<\/a>. Please submit entries via online form, email<\/a> or mail.<\/p>\n

Family tradition<\/h2>\n

Reaching the Eagle Scout rank isn\u2019t the only way Hearon is following in his grandfather\u2019s footsteps. After earning his Eagle, Hayes volunteered as a Scoutmaster, committee member and assistant district commissioner.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s going to stay with the troop,\u201d Hayes says of his grandson.<\/p>\n

A member of Troop 1065 in Cape May Court House, New Jersey, Zachary also serves as a peer leader in school and was inducted into the National Honor Society. He is also interested in pursuing engineering as a profession. Hayes is a retired mechanical engineer.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s taking after me in that, too,\u201d Hayes says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tiger Scout Zachary Hearon looked over his grandfather\u2019s Scouting memorabilia displayed at his pack\u2019s blue and gold banquet. He was fascinated with the Eagle Scout award. His grandfather, Russell Hayes, earned his Eagle in 1965\u00a0while a member of Explorer Post 44 in Millville, New Jersey. He remained active in Scouting for decades, and his daughters […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2930,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2929"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totscouting.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}