News
The
Georgia-Carolina Council
of the Boy Scouts of America will conduct "Jimmie Dyess Days 2009" on Barton
Field, Fort Gordon, GA from October 2-4, 2009. The event is a celebration of
"leadership, service, & freedom"; values that Jimmie Dyess personified in his
life and in his death. Jimmie Dyess is a local hero who is the only American to
have earned both the Carnegie Life Saving Medal and the
Congressional
Medal of Honor
. He was also an Eagle Scout from the Augusta area. He would have been 100
years old in 2009 so it is fitting that we celebrate him and all those who lead,
serve, and sacrifice for our freedom.
Your Scouts can look forward to the LARGEST single Scouting event in over a decade
in the CSRA with such unique demonstrations as an Air Force fly-over, a parachute
jump team, a motorcycle simulator, a helicopter fly-in, the US Army Band, a K-9
demo team, a rock climbing wall, a top-notch entertainment in Jamboree-like arena
show.