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1:00PM-2:30PM: Ready, Aim, and Dry-Fire a Cannon!

Napoleon Cannon at the NPS Tent near Boulder Cover

Scouts can learn how to dry fire an 1862, 12-pound Napoleon Cannon at the NPS Tent near Boulder Cover (Conservation Trail trailhead). Demos daily and times are posted at the NPS Tent.

1:00PM-3:00PM: Inventing Merit Badge

Inventing Merit Badge Booth in Gateway Village

Unleash your inner inventor and bring your ideas to life! Join the United States Patent and Trademark Office in discovering the Inventing Merit Badge. Come design, create, and innovate while learning what it takes to change our world through inventing and entrepreneurship. Create your own water device, your own LED Name Badge and, your own …

1:00PM-5:00PM: Radio Merit Badge

Front Desk of K2BSA near Bottom of Gateway Zip

Radio Merit Badge signups are at the front desk of K2BSA located near the bottom of the Gateway Zip line overlooking the amphitheater. Look for the big antennas. Sessions run from 9 AM to 1 PM and 1PM to 5 PM. We offer the complete Radio Merit Badge, power is available for charging your phone …

1:15PM-3:15PM: Archaeology Merit Badge

Archaeology Merit Badge Booth

Presented by Council of Virginia Archaeologists and Heart of Virginia Council BSA. Experience how Archaeologists study our past and preserve it for future generations. Scouts will earn the merit badge by participating in a 2-hour activity session.

2:00PM-2:45PM: The Life of “Green Bar Bill” Hillcourt”: Every Scout is A Hero

Alumni Adventure Complex

The world’s most prominent Scouter in the second half of the 20th century, William Hillcourt was a lifetime author for Boy Scouts of America, writing his famous “Green Bar Bill” columns in Boys’ Life and the first scholarly work on our Founder, Baden-Powell: The Two Lives of a Hero.

2:00PM-3:00PM: Mock Trial: The Case of the Stolen Car.

Tillerson 108

Experience the challenges of weighing the evidence and deliberating as a jury member in this Introduction to Jury Service. Saturday’s session will be followed by a panel discussion on legal careers, 3p-3:30p.