In 2017, the local BSA Council held a Centennial Court of Honor at the cemetery for Goodnow. The Goodnow family, which still possesses Goodnow's Gold Honor Award, was present and sponsored a new inscription on the family plot monument reading: "Edward S. Goodnow, A Boy Scout Hero Who Gave His Life For Another." The inscription is similar to that of Goodnow's Gold Honor co-recipient, Robert W. Eicher, (who also drowned attempting to rescue another) buried in Jeannette, PA whose stone reads "Boy Hero Who Gave His Life For Another." The story of these four boy recipients was memorialized in a 1932 booklet from the BSA National Court of Honor entitled "Boy Heroes of Today." Go to: http://www.thedump.scoutscan.com/boyheroes.pdf.
According to accounts of author Michael S. Malone in his book "Running Toward Danger: Real Life Scouting Action Stories of Heroism, Valor and Guts," WindRush Publishing 2015, the death of these boys is believed to have had a significant impact upon BSA's Founders. In response, the BSA partnered with the American Red Cross to dramatically increased the first aid, safety, lifesaving, swimming and water safety requirements for millions of Boy Scouts who followed them and who then went on to save thousands of lives. Such is the legacy of First Class Scout Edward Samuel Goodnow and his co-recipients. "Learn it Young, Remember It Forever:" https://youtu.be/rpMFkcSn5IM.
In 2017, the local BSA Council held a Centennial Court of Honor at the cemetery for Goodnow. The Goodnow family, which still possesses Goodnow's Gold Honor Award, was present and sponsored a new inscription on the family plot monument reading: "Edward S. Goodnow, A Boy Scout Hero Who Gave His Life For Another." The inscription is similar to that of Goodnow's Gold Honor co-recipient, Robert W. Eicher, (who also drowned attempting to rescue another) buried in Jeannette, PA whose stone reads "Boy Hero Who Gave His Life For Another." The story of these four boy recipients was memorialized in a 1932 booklet from the BSA National Court of Honor entitled "Boy Heroes of Today." Go to: http://www.thedump.scoutscan.com/boyheroes.pdf.
According to accounts of author Michael S. Malone in his book "Running Toward Danger: Real Life Scouting Action Stories of Heroism, Valor and Guts," WindRush Publishing 2015, the death of these boys is believed to have had a significant impact upon BSA's Founders. In response, the BSA partnered with the American Red Cross to dramatically increased the first aid, safety, lifesaving, swimming and water safety requirements for millions of Boy Scouts who followed them and who then went on to save thousands of lives. Such is the legacy of First Class Scout Edward Samuel Goodnow and his co-recipients. "Learn it Young, Remember It Forever:" https://youtu.be/rpMFkcSn5IM.
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Edward S. Goodnow 1901 - 1917 - Boy Scout Hero Who Gave His Life For Another
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