On Saturday, November 7 at Mount Vernon: FREE ADMISSION for Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Colonial Military Demonstrations. Join in historic and modern land surveying demonstrations. Colonial spinning demonstrations. Hands-on textiles station. Colonial cooking demonstration. Parade to Washington's Tomb with special wreath-laying led by Continental Soldiers and Fife and Drum Corps (9:30 am, 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 3:00 pm). Bring your unit flag and join the pageantry. No reservations required. Scouting Months at Mount Vernon November 1, 1998 to February 14, 1999 FREE ADMISSION for all Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Camp Fire Club Members in uniform or wearing an official membership pin. Participate in a special wreath-laying ceremony at George Washington's Tomb (reservations required). Walk the Mount Vernon Historic Trail (free booklets). Try land surveying in the style of George Washington (reservations required). NEW! Give colonial life a try with the Pioneer Farmer hands-on activities. For reservations call (703) 799-8604 Admission for Leaders in Uniform: Nov 1 - Feb 14 - $4.00 You can check it out at the Mt Vernon site at http://www.mountvernon.org. Most dens in our Pack have a yearly wreath-laying and start with the Pioneer Farm for the Tigers and younger Scouts and work up to the surveying as Webelos. The walk is good for any age, and the older Scouts can "help" the younger if you're going as a pack. The surveying (I've been told by my Webelos leader) is great for badge work but may be difficult for the younger Scouts. There are great patches for the historic walk (the booklet contains the map, descriptions and an "answer these questions" activity - almost scavenger hunt for information) and surveying (they have the whole activity "mapped out" for you and a kit with the required equipment). The Pioneer Farm is new and, I'm told, has wonderful hands on stuff - and of course it's own patch. There is a surveying pin and a wreath-laying pin. All are available at the gift shop. I think these programs are available year round, but the admission is (IMHO) steep. If you plan on taking the walk and laying a wreath, the tomb is about 1/2 way through the walk (the total walk took us about 2 hours with Wolves - if you go "in season" it would be harder to judge because of the wait to tour the house varies.) This information from a posting to Scouts-L courtesy of: Bernadette Moran-Curry CC Pack 995, Springfield, VA Old Dominion District, National Capital Area Council Bernadettejohn@sprynet.com
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