[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 152 (Friday, December 12, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1806]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         RECOGNIZING DISTINGUISHED EAGLE SCOUT BERNARD QUENEAU

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                           HON. CHRIS COLLINS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 11, 2014

  Mr. COLLINS of New York. Mr. Speaker, as the Chairman of the 
Congressional Scouting Caucus, I rise today to honor Bernard Queneau, 
the oldest Eagle Scout in America, who passed away earlier this week.
  Born in Liege, Belgium in 1912, Bernard moved with his family to 
America and joined Boy Scout Troop 3B in New Rochelle, New York. He 
received his Eagle Scout award on March 5, 1928 and was subsequently 
selected as one of four scouts selected to travel the Lincoln Highway 
from New York to San Francisco on a 34-day Lincoln Highway Safety Tour. 
During this journey, Bernard and his fellow scouts gave scouting skills 
demonstrations and set the stage for 3,400 concrete Lincoln Highway 
markers to be erected by scouts from coast to coast, cementing the 
memory of President Lincoln onto this national roadway.
  At 102 years old, Bernard was the last living member of the 1928 Boy 
Scout Lincoln Highway Safety Tour. Bernard recently received the 
Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, the National Eagle Scout Association's 
highest honor. He was the 2098th recipient of the 45 year old award, 
which honors Eagle Scouts with at least 25 years of service and 
exceptional career achievement or recognition.
  Bernard was a lifelong scout and true believer in the values of 
preparedness and doing your best. He lived his life by the scout oath 
and law and I am honored to recognize such an exemplary man today. I 
know Bernard's memory will live on through this family and friends, as 
well as the myriad of scouts of all ages his life touched.

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