[Philmont] A Scout is Reverant

...at the risk of piling on...

Julian, you just might be right about Texas history. Depending on how far
north the Texans' claim, it used to be part of Georgia, SC, and maybe NC and
Virginia, as these colonies ran from Atlantic to Pacific (before the Pope
got involved, apportioning North America between England and Spain).

And to my Texan friends out there, remember, if the largest state were
divided in two, Texas would drop from second to third!

AND, we won't mention what a Philmont staffer told us during a campfire back
in '76 about Aggies, Native Americans and buffalo <blush>

/Neal
'76 & '06

On 10/20/06, Julian Love <JL@jlove.net> wrote:
>
> Boy, the Texas stuff just keeps going - so can't resist jumping
> in. Don't have but one Texas story that I rightly recall at the
> moment. Seems in 02 one of my North Carolina crews broke the
> 3-season-long record at Sawmill, held by a Texas crew, for the most
> pullups, or somthin' like that. He was a puny little guy, too - well
> maybe not so puny. (See crew photo 705-N-2, 3rd pic down page, front
> row seated 2nd from left -
> http://www.troop116.org/philmont/phl02.htm.) Seems he beat a Texas
> crew and a California crew that evening on the way to a new
> record. Texas folks were not happy. Sorry 'bout that.
>
> Was Texas once part of North Carolina? Texas flag sort of has that
> NC look. Not sure.
>
> Julian
> Charlotte, NC
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: John LeBlanc <philmontjohn@yahoo.com>
> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:20:44 -0700 (PDT)
>
> John Notes:
> So don't blame me for what Calvin done at Beaubien. If Beaubien
> would have taken better care of his homeworks and da flagpoles at his
> cabin none dis wood have happen in da fist place.
> How does that explain the raising of the Texas flag at
> basecamp? The poor staff did not get a chance to wake up and have
> breakfast before the flag was posted photographed and hidden again.
> Hmmmmm I gotta get them pictures off the camera and see how they
> turned out.
> Signed:
> The guy who does not need to travel with his state flag to know
> where he comes from.
>
>
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>
> So where do you come from? Do they have cornbread and chicken?
> Well to 'splain all the above flag stuff, I'll try. Here goes:
> Whereas the land at Philmont was once a part of the Republic of Texas,
> and Whereas once Texas, always Texas,
> and Whereas the home office of the BSA is located in the great
> state of Texas,
> and Whereas numerous permanent staff are bred and born Texans,
> and Whereas numerous spouses of permanent staff are bred and born
> Texans,
> be it so resolved that flying the Texas flag over CHQ is herby
> deemed rational, natural
> and proper conduct,
> however, if those showing this respect weren't such scardy cats,
> the Texas flag would still be flying over Philmont CHQ.
> be it also resolved that we Texans don't have to look at a flag
> to know who we are, or where we are from, but since our ancestors
> fought and died for that flag many times over, we simply are proud of
> it and want less fortunate souls to get a glimpse or her.
> and that's just the way it is.
> and God bless Texas and all those who love her and all those who
> don't.
> and God bless the other forty-nine states and the residents thereof.
> Amen
>
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Received on Fri Oct 20 18:14:44 2006