(l- r) William Alexander Kennedy, William Perrin Griffin, and Ladson McCutchen Harvin William Alexander Kennedy, William Perrin Griffin and Ladson McCutchen Harvin, members of Eastminster Troop 10, were awarded the rank of Eagle Scout at a court of honor January 11, 2009, at Eastminster Presbyterian Church.

Eagle Scout is the highest rank attainable by a Boy Scout.

Kennedy, a senior at A.C. Flora High School, is the son of Martha Bratton Chandler and Quincy A. Kennedy.

Griffin, a senior at Blythewood High School, is the son of Tom and Elizabeth (Boo) Griffin.

Harvin, a senior at A.C. Flora High, is the son of Stewart and Maria Harvin.

These young men come from families with strong scouting traditions. Will Kennedy's brother Cordes; uncle, Bill Chandler; and grandfather, William Bratton Chandler Jr.; William Griffin's brothers Tom, Daniel, Robert, John, and father Tom Sr.; and Ladson Harvin's brothers Stewart and Heyward, are all Eagle Scouts.

Each scout chose and completed an Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project of personal significance.

Kennedy planned, organized, and directed landscaping additions and renovations to Realtor Park near Five Points. His project included repairs to the Statue of Liberty monument, one of only 100 remaining "Little Sisters of Lady Liberty" statues in the U.S., which was dedicated in 1950 by the Boy Scouts of America to Kennedy's grandfather William Bratton Chandler Jr., and to the City of Columbia.

Griffin, inspired by his brother 1st Lt. Daniel Griffin who recently returned from a tour in Iraq, organized and prepared individual gift packages for a platoon of 35 U.S. Army soldiers serving in Iraq. In addition, he shipped children's and adult's clothing, supplies, and toys for the soldiers to give to Iraqi citizens within the platoon's area of operation.

Harvin planned, organized and directed the planting of a grove of American chestnut trees in the W.G. Belser Arboretum.

The Arboretum, which encompasses 10 acres within the City of Columbia, was donated in 1959 to USC's Biology Department by Harvin's great- grandfather, William Gordon Belser.