Boy scouts of America: Troop 849 I have been surrounded by scouting my whole life. The my father, my brother, the majority of my uncles and cousins are either an eagle scout or slowly working towards their eagle. Despite this, I never really was interested by it. To me it was a normal thing that I payed little to no attention to. For this reason, I chose to research and observe the boy scouts. What do they actually do during their meetings? What is the value of the scouting program? What are the requirements to getting an eagle? What do they pledge when they become a scout? These are some of the questions I considered and this is what I discovered. At the beginning of a the meeting, the boys bring two flags into the room. An american flag