America is a Beautiful Word
Personnel: Narrator and 7 Cub Scouts
Equipment: Each boy holds a card with a letter of
“AMERICA” on it. Flip card over and draw a picture
with the same letter illustrating the description below.
Narrator: What do you see when you look at the
word AMERICA? What mental picture
do the seven letters create in your mind?
Cub # 1: The “Capital A” suggest our magnificent
snow-covered mountain peaks, and the
wigwams of the original Americans.
Cub # 2: The “M” symbolizes the broad shoulders of
our pioneer, shoulder-to-the-wheel pushing
our frontier westward; broad shoulder
swinging axes, building a nation.
Cub # 3: The “E” might be the lariats of the cowboy
riding the plains, lariats of Kit Carson or
Buffalo Bill.
Cub # 4: The “R” is a man with outstretched arms in
friendship and cooperation toward all who
love freedom, justice and peace.
Cub # 5: The “I” represents the individual American
with his right to life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness.
Cub # 6: The “C” is a bent boy from which an arrow
has just sped toward the heart of mankind's
greatest ideals.
Cub # 7: The final “A” is a man on his knees in
prayer, symbolizing a nation which
recognizes it's Creator and gives thanks for His blessings.
Narrator: Yes, America is a beautiful word! Let us
rise and make the Pledge of Allegiance.