Eagle Court of Honor - Who decides the Details of it?

An Eagle Court of Honor is completely planned & hosted by the Eagle Scout's family. Before planning the Location & Date though, please wait for the 'official word' to come back from National to know that your Eagle Scout Candidate has become an Eagle Scout.

Once your Eagle hears from the Scoutmaster (that his paperwork has come back from National), then you can start planning a Date & Time for an Eagle Court of Honor. In case you are looking for help planning the COH, the Scout Shop has a couple of Books that you can purchase that have assorted program ideas (or you can find help online as well) that you can select from to build your program for the COH. You can also choose to make it a combined celebration with another Eagle Scout or 2 & work on a combined program for all of the families & Scouts.

This is your family's party & you get to decide all of the details:

  • What is going to happen in the program?
  • Who will be part of the program?
  • Will there be food? What will it be (snacks, desserts, refreshments)?
  • Who do you want to make sure to invite to the COH?
  • Where will the COH happen?
  • Have you reserved the location yet?

Another piece of the program (that has been a special part for our Troop) is the 'Eagle Challenge.' This is where your Eagle Scout picks out a younger Scout to challenge to continue working hard to reach the Eagle Scout Rank as well. This is normally done with a written or printed statement that is placed into a document frame. After your Scout has been presented his Eagle Rank (or toward the end of the COH), your Scout will announce the name of the younger Scout, call him forward, & read aloud the statement that is in the frame. Then the frame is presented to the Scout with a handshake. This framed document then becomes a special reminder on the younger Scout's wall.