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Huzzah!  A Successful Encampment
Has Concluded!

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Nearly 800 campers and more than 1,300 Scouts, Scout leaders, and parents converged on George Washington's Mount Vernon from November 5-7, 1999.  The clear skies and mild temperatures boosted everyone's spirits, while a varied program kept everyone busy throughout the day and evening on Saturday.

Check this site in the coming weeks for photos and other remembrances of this exciting event.

Unit Leader and Staff Feedback Requested for the After-Action Report
If you participated in the Mount Vernon Encampment as a leader of a district unit or as a staff member, please click here to find out how you can contribute your ideas and suggestions for the After-Action Report now being prepared.
Submit Your Photos for Possible Mounting on This Site
If you took photographs at the Mount Vernon during the encampment, please consider sending some of your best shots to us for possible posting  in an "electronic photo album" we will be assembling in the coming weeks.
u If you have prints, mail them to:
Thomas Baerwald
7735 Wellington Road
Alexandria VA  22306-2751
u If you have photos in electronic format, please e-mail the files to:
tbaerwal@nsf.gov.
(Please do not attach more than five files or more than 1 MB of files to any one message.)
MVE Patches Will Be Sold at the NCAC Scout Shop
The official visitors' patch of the Salute to George Washington Encampment at Mount Vernon soon will be placed on sale at the Scout Shop at the NCAC's Marriott Scout Service Center in Bethesda.  The visitors' patch is identical to the campers' patch shown above except that it has a white rather than red border.  Check this site in the middle to latter part of November for more information about the availability of the patches and procedures for obtaining them by mail.
Click here to go to the pre-encampment home page of the Mount Vernon Encampment Web site if you want more information about plans that were being developed prior to the big event.

 

This site is provided as a service to Scouts and Scouters by the Colonial District, NCAC, BSA, which includes George Washington's Mount Vernon.  Although not an official site of the NCAC, BSA, or Mount Vernon, the site is maintained by Tom Baerwald, who has been appointed by the NCAC to direct the Mount Vernon Encampment, so information should be reasonably accurate.