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The promised reward to the Boy Scouts of Rappahannock County was paid by the Amissville Ruritan Club with an all day trip to the Field of the Honor at the New Market Battlefield. Having fulfilled their assignment through the sale of United States flags, the scouts in turn were the guests of the Ruritan’s Citizenship and Patriotism Committee.
In a borrowed church bus, the 17 scouts were collected at the fire house in Amissville, Flint Hill and Sperryville. Monotered by three adult committee members and a retired school bus driver, the Boy Scout slogan, “Be Prepared” was well in mind. In the mind’s eye a precautionary sign read, “Danger-Explosives” with an imaginary bill of lading identifying the cargo as 17 pieces of dynamite. It might well be added, all was well; the fuses were never really lit.
At the information center an engaging young hostess and guide had the complete attention of the boys, allowing Jimmy Swindler to read aloud a soldier’s war-time letter of 1864. Curt Nichols, Jeff Foster and James Tolson were given the honor of pressing buttons which lighted the strategy moves on a battle map. Thus the boys came through with a citation and a complement identifying them as “one of the nicest groups to visit the museum.”
A lunch was taken by each boy and drinks were provided on the house. It was evident allowances by parents were generous for at gas stops purchases went for everything from candy bars to bags of yellow things that only boys would eat. At the Center, sales were brisk on miniature metal muskets, mini balls, flag
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