Mackinac Island Scout Service Troop - MISST 127
Governor's Honor Guard - Boy Scouts of America
(Sponsored by Troop 127 – Lapeer, MI.)
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What's New: See "Forms" for a Permission Slip
- edited 05/12/08
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Governor's Honor Scouts
Every summer, Mackinac Island accommodates at least 50 Michigan Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts over alternate weeks during the summer. The program began in 1929, when the State Park Commission invited eight Eagle Scouts, including young Gerald R. Ford, to serve as the honor guards for the Michigan governor. In 1974, the program was expanded to include Girl Scouts. The Scouts raise and lower all of the flags in the city and in Fort Mackinac, serve as guides, and complete a service project during their stay.
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Drum and Bugle Corps
For the past number of years MISST 127 has included a Drum and Bugle Corps as one of it's patrols. The Corps performs in Marquette Park each morning and afternoon just before the flag ceremonies and twice daily in the fort on the parade grounds.
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Mackinac Island
The island is the location of Mackinac Island State Park, which covers about 80 percent of the island and includes Fort Mackinac and portions of the island's historic downtown and harbor. Motorized vehicles have been prohibited on the island since 1898, with the exception of snowmobiles during winter, emergency vehicles, and service vehicles. Travel on the island is either by foot, bicycle, or horse-drawn carriage.
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