Last weekend I went on a camping trip, but this trip was special. We drove for six hours to South Carolina to spend the weekend in and on the U.S.S. Yorktown. This was a aircraft carrier that was commissioned in WWII and decommissioned in the Vietnam War. It was know by the crew as “The Fighting Lady.” In[…]Read More
Historic Temporary House Renovation (Eagle Scout Project) Completion
The building is finished, Yay! With a total of 216.5 man hours of nailing, screwing, cutting, grinding, scraping, cleaning, painting, and more cleaning, my Eagle Scout Project, the Historic Temporary House Renovation is complete. Here is before and after pictures: I am also happy to say that I am now an Eagle Scout! If you[…]Read More
My Eagle Scout Newspaper Story
On Thursday October 14th I was featured in the local paper. Here is the newspaper article from The Star Banner, www.ocala.com, about my Eagle Scout project. Scout’s project aims to refurbish part of history By Andy Fillmore Lucas Weakley selected an Eagle Scout project he hopes will inspire others to reach for scouting’s highest rank,[…]Read More
Historic Temporary House Renovation – Eagle Project
Imagine you are headed to Florida for new land. When you finally find your spot there is nothing there. You have no house to live in so you begin to construct a temporary home for you and your family. When you are done you have a very small building that resembles a shed, this will[…]Read More