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BSA Troop 451, Lewisville, TX

We are a strong, dedicated group of more than 100 Boy Scouts and Scout Leaders committed to living by the Scout Oath, helping other people, becoming significant leaders in our community and having a lot of fun along the way.

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By Troop 451 - June 21, 2011

Thunder and lightning storms? We're not afraid of any thunder and lightning storms!

We're Troop 451 from TEXAS! Bring the rain, baby!

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Thursday - Tapping Fire!

By Rob - July 01, 2016

Thursday, June 30th, 2016 Tapping Fire Today’s blog is a bit delayed. Your correspondent was needed elsewhere this AM as the rifle range was short a Range Safety Officer. Mr. Hatter also served in this capacity once he, Mr. Kral, Mr. Bryant, and Mrs. Harris had helped pull pork for our Friday night al fresco barbecue. In the interests of time, some of the descriptions of ceremonies that follows appeared previously. Thursday was a fantastic day for the Tribe of Mic-O-Say and for Troop 451. For many, perhaps all, at Camp Geiger, the high point of the week comes Thursday evening with the Tapping Fire. This ceremony is where candidates for membership in the Tribe are publicly acknowledged. Mic-O-Say is the honor camping society of Camp Geiger. Its origins go back to the 1920s, a time when many honor camping societies stressing Native American themes came into being. Most of these were later subsumed within the Order of the Arrow, to become part of Scouting’s national honor campi...

Look Your Best, Do Your Best, Be Your Best

By Troop 451 - November 04, 2009

I listen to Dr. Charles Stanley on the way to work most days. I have heard in his sermons this phrase – look your best, do your best, be your best. His messages relate this phrase to the Christian life. I was thinking how that same message is what we are striving toward in out scouting troop. Look Your Best – We expect each scout to be in full scout uniform, to wear their uniform proudly and to take proper care of how they present themselves. The uniform has many aspects. The word uniform is defined as distinctive clothing worn by members of a particular group; not varying; having the same form or manner. We are all part of one team. The symbolism in various parts of the uniform shows the desires of scouting – learning about truth, acquiring knowledge, being lead in the right path to name just a few. Check out the first few pages of the scout manual to see the importance of the uniform. Do Your Best – This is one of the foundations of scouting. Each time a scout or scouter says the S...

'10 Camporee - Nature Strikes Back!

By Troop 451 - May 09, 2010

Proving once again that Troop 451 will camp in any conditions the good Lord throws at us, in April we headed up to the LBJ Grasslands outside of Bridgeport for the 2010 Camporee. Late Friday night, we joined a number of other troops in anticipation of a fun weekend highlighted by Highland Games and the always special Order of the Arrow tapout. We arrived about 8 p.m. and carried our gear in while dodging raindrops. Quickly, we assembled tents and started putting up the dining flies. It was then that the Heavens opened. By Sunday morning, we would endure 6.5 inches of rain that turned hiking trails into muddy soup that came 2/3 of the way up your boots. Even the hardcore campers agreed this kind of weather put a damper on the fun of the weekend. But as Boy Scouts is also about building character, we put this campout in that column and looked forward to May! After a day and night of rain, the entrance to our campsite was more Slip 'n Slide than trail. A few limbs and later some hay ...