Pensacola News Journal
When seven flagpoles and a veterans memorial rock garden were constructed at the H.E.R. Foundation on Sunday, Pace High School student Sydney Walker wrapped up the project needed to become part of the inaugural class of female Eagle Scouts.
The Boy Scouts of America will officially stamp all the Eagle Scout credentials of the girls in the inaugural class Feb. 8 to coincide with the organization s birthday. On that date, Walker and troopmate and fellow Pace High School student Ania Calbough officially be recognized as Eagle Scouts.
Girls were first allowed to join the organization now renamed Scouts BSA in February 2019. Since then, all scouts have been granted an extension on their Eagle Scout applications to early February because of the coronavirus pandemic, which gave the first girls almost two full years to complete the Eagle Scout requirements.