“My brother was the one who recommended I should do something to recognize the people we had been reenacting for several years,” Andrew says.

The monument itself, located near the site where as many as 51,000 Americans lost their lives, is meant to initiate a discussion about unity and peace through the eyes of some of the youngest Civil War participants: the musicians.Īndrew and Christopher had been taking part in Civil War reenactments for years and noticed there were no monuments or displays dedicated to these young Civil War heroes. In 2015, for his Eagle Scout service project, Andrew created Unity Park in Gettysburg, Pa. (Courtesy of the Adam family) A tribute to the peacemakersĪndrew Adam, 21, earned the Eagle Scout Award as a member of Troop 88 of Mechanicsburg, Pa., part of the aptly named New Birth of Freedom Council. “It provides a timeless message that stands true to this day: If you want something bad enough, you will work as hard as you can and go as far as you have to in order to achieve it.” Andrew Adam at Unity Park. “The parties and fireworks should not take any precedence over remembering and educating our young people about the efforts and sacrifices it took from our country’s first leaders to take a chance on creating an entirely new way of life,” Andrew says.

Through their monumental Eagle Scout service projects and enduring passion for patriotism, the brothers from Pennsylvania are reminding their fellow young people what Independence Day really means. “It is for us, the living, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work” of those who perished, Lincoln said.Įagle Scout brothers Andrew and Christopher Adam are carrying that torch with pride. As time passes, people start to forget about the price of freedom. In his Gettysburg Address, delivered 87 years after July 4, 1776, Abraham Lincoln called for “a new birth of freedom” - a recommitment from all Americans to remember the sacrifices of those who died to protect our country’s founding principles. (Courtesy of the Adam family)įour score and seven years after the United States declared its independence from Britain, the country was fighting against itself in the Civil War. Andrew (left) and Christopher Adam at Unity Park in Gettysburg, Pa., which Andrew and his team built for his Eagle project.

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