• Boy Scout volunteers placing flags in the Andersonville National Cemetery for Memorial Day

    Andersonville

    National Historic Site Georgia

Scouting Activities

Boy Scouts saluting flags in the national cemetery

NPS/Andersonville NHS

Boy Scouts place nearly 20,000 flags on graves in the Andersonville National Cemetery for Memorial Day.

Andersonville National Historic Site is pleased to work with Scouting groups. The park has a long tradition of working together with scout groups on service projects, Eagle Scout projects and merit badges. A long-standing historical hike program provides resource learning opportunities for all ages of scouts. The park also offers a primitive group camping area for scouting groups by reservation only.

Become a Scout Ranger at Andersonville! Explore the national parks; learn about the National Park Service mission; help protect the nation's natural, cultural, and historic resources. Participate in a volunteer service project or educational program and earn a certificate or patch.

Did You Know?

Drawing of Civil War soldiers at the Andersonville prison deadline

The deadline at the Andersonville prison consisted of a rail about four feet off the ground that was situated nineteen feet from the stockade wall. Any prisoner who crossed this line with any part of his body was likely to be shot without warning by a guard in a guard tower.