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colinraby.com · On The Record · CR-2019-005

For immediate release · June 2, 2019

Commended by the Louisiana House of Representatives in House Resolution No. 264

The Louisiana House adopts House Resolution No. 264, by Rep. Franklin Foil, commending Colin Raby on being named Eagle Scout of the Year by the American Legion Department of Louisiana.

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Colin Raby in his Eagle Scout uniform and merit badge sash with Rep. Franklin Foil, his parents and members of the American Legion, six standing in a row before a wall of framed portraits at the Louisiana State Capitol
Fig. 1Raby with Rep. Franklin Foil, his parents and members of the American Legion at the Louisiana State Capitol.

BATON ROUGE, La. · On June 2, 2019, the Louisiana House of Representatives adopted House Resolution No. 264 at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge, commending Colin Raby on being named Eagle Scout of the Year by the American Legion Department of Louisiana.Raby had already accepted the award at the Legion's state convention in Alexandria, where he spoke to those in attendance. Rep. Franklin Foil of Baton Rouge brought the resolution, and Raby, joined at the Capitol by his parents and members of the American Legion, was recognized on the House floor in his Scout uniform.The House adopted it on a suspension of the rules, and Speaker Taylor Barras signed the enrolled copy the next day, according to the bill's history.

The resolution traces his record as a Scout of Troop 50 in Baton Rouge: Eagle with a Bronze Palm on Aug. 14, 2018; an Eagle project that built an orienteering course at Highland Park, free for public use; a Bronze Patrick Henry Award from the Military Order of the World Wars at his Court of Honor that September; and, sponsored by American Legion Boyd-Ewing Post 58, wins in the Legion's sixth district and then statewide.The Military Order of the World Wars' Baton Rouge chapter presented the Bronze Patrick Henry Medallion on Sept. 23, 2018.

Both pages of House Resolution No. 264 of the 2019 Regular Session, by Representative Foil, on State of Louisiana House of Representatives letterhead, the second page signed by the Speaker above a gold foil seal
ExhibitHouse Resolution No. 264, 2019 Regular Session. The full text is in the legislative record.

The House resolved to "commend and honor Colin Raby on the historic occasion of his being named Eagle Scout of the Year," to "express utmost gratitude and respect for the exemplary strides he has taken as a Scout and a citizen," and to wish him success at the national competition.

It wasn't Raby's first time on the House floor. "Thank you to Rep. Franklin Foil for bringing this honor before the House! To be on both sides of the chamber (as first a Page and then a recipient of a personal privilege recognition) was an exceptional experience," he wrote.He posted the photos on this page to Instagram on June 12, 2019.

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Colin Raby in his Scout uniform standing alone on the wide stone steps of the Louisiana State Capitol, its carved entrance rising behind him
Fig. 2On the steps of the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge.
Colin Raby in his Scout uniform between two men, one in a purple LSU polo and one in a navy suit, in a marble Capitol hall with murals and gilded doors
Fig. 3Inside the State Capitol.
Colin Raby smiling in his Eagle Scout uniform and merit badge sash on the floor of the Louisiana House of Representatives, legislators at their desks and the vote board behind him
Fig. 4On the floor of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Colin Raby in his Scout uniform at the end of a row of guests, including an American Legion member in his Legion cap, standing before the paneled wall of the House chamber
Fig. 5With guests in the House chamber, among them a member of the American Legion.
Colin Raby in his Scout uniform beside Rep. Reid Falconer, white-haired and bearded in a tan jacket, on the floor of the House chamber
Fig. 6With Rep. Reid Falconer on the House floor.
The closing of House Resolution No. 264, resolving to commend and honor Colin Raby, signed by the Speaker of the House above a gold foil seal
Fig. 7The resolution's close, signed by Speaker of the House Taylor Barras.

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