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Archive for February 8th, 2011

According to the “this day in history” calendar I check when I am looking for inspiration on what to write, today is the anniversary of the incorporation of the Boy Scouts in the United States.

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Douglas Robert Mason is buried in Chestnut Grove Cemetery in Ashtabula, Ohio.  His tombstone has a large Boy Scout symbol engraved in the center and then notes “Pack 14 Plymouth, Oh.”  I haven’t been able to find anything on Mr. Mason or a Pack 14 in Plymouth, but I am going to have to guess that he was a devoted Scout Master or other volunteer to have the Boy Scout emblem as the centerpiece of his memorial.

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