Camp News : Campers : Scout camp marks 80th anniversary

Date Added: 16-10-2007

Greater Alabama Council of the Boy Scouts and Heritage Preservation Inc. honors Camp Westmoreland near Florence, AL.  Read the excerpt below.

Times Daily (subscription) - Florence,AL,USA

By Kenda Williams
Staff Writer

October 06. 2007

For almost 80 years, Camp Westmoreland, situated northeast of Florence on Shoal Creek, has served as a camp for Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts.

To commemorate the camp's long-standing presence, the Greater Alabama Council of the Boy Scouts and Heritage Preservation Inc. will team up Nov. 10 to dedicate a historical marker at the camp.

Larry Faulkner, historian for Camp Westmoreland, said the camp was recently placed on the Register of Historical Sites by the Alabama Historical Commission.

During its existence, the camp has hosted several generations of scouts, Faulkner said.

"To a lot of them, it was their first, real great outdoor adventure they ever went on," Faulkner said. "There was something about that camp that molded them and made them who they are."

Faulkner said limited addition patches were sold and have already raised enough money to pay for the historic marker.

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