Opinion: A century of campfires, warming a century of leadership
Old photos and artifacts line the walls inside the Boy Scout Troop 34 Lodge on Peabody. The troop at Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church is celebrating 100 years. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway was a freelance columnist with The Daily Memphian from 2018 to 2025.
As a scout, it’s up to you. If the food you make is inedible, you and your fellow scouts don’t eat. If you pitch your tent in the wrong place, you and your tentmate are going to get wet. If you don’t reach down to help, no one else climbs up.
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