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Nathan and Lee: Nathan receives the Eagle Scout Charge from Lee Pettengill who is the Chartered Organization Representative for Troop 479 and served as Master of Ceremonies for the Eagle Court of Honor Ceremony. Nathan: Nathan Choate, Eagle Scout, makes the Scout Sign during his Eagle Scout Ceremony Stephanie pins Nathan: Stephanie Drake Choate pins the Eagle Scout medal onto her son's uniform. "It was so special to have it at Mount Merici Academy. We are so proud of you, Nathan," she said. Joe and Nathan: Joe Doore of the Town of Albion spoke about why Nathan received the Spirit of America Award from the Town of Albion earlier this year. Elijay Parish Lovejoy was born in Albion in 1802 and was an American newspaper editor who was killed by a mob for his firm, published positions denouncing slavery in 1837. Nathan's Eagle Scout Project restored the marker in Albion commemorating Lovejoy.
Nathan Choate receives the Eagle Scout Charge from Lee Pettengill who is the Chartered Organization Representative for Troop 479 and served as Master of Ceremonies for the Eagle Court of Honor Ceremony. Submitted photo

WATERVILLE — Nathan Choate of Albion received the Eagle Scout medal during a ceremony conducted by China Troop 479 in his honor May 10 at Mount Merici Academy.

Nathan and Lee: Nathan receives the Eagle Scout Charge from Lee Pettengill who is the Chartered Organization Representative for Troop 479 and served as Master of Ceremonies for the Eagle Court of Honor Ceremony. Nathan: Nathan Choate, Eagle Scout, makes the Scout Sign during his Eagle Scout Ceremony Stephanie pins Nathan: Stephanie Drake Choate pins the Eagle Scout medal onto her son's uniform. "It was so special to have it at Mount Merici Academy. We are so proud of you, Nathan," she said. Joe and Nathan: Joe Doore of the Town of Albion spoke about why Nathan received the Spirit of America Award from the Town of Albion earlier this year. Elijay Parish Lovejoy was born in Albion in 1802 and was an American newspaper editor who was killed by a mob for his firm, published positions denouncing slavery in 1837. Nathan's Eagle Scout Project restored the marker in Albion commemorating Lovejoy.
Stephanie Drake Choate pins the Eagle Scout medal onto her son’s uniform. “It was so special to have it at Mount Merici Academy. We are so proud of you, Nathan,” she said. Submitted photo

Choate was presented the Albion 2023 Spirit of America Foundation Award in “recognition of his outstanding and commendable community service to the Town of Albion” in March.

His Eagle Scout Service Project revitalized the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Monument. The project required more than 200 hours of labor shared by Scouts and Scouters as well as Albion residents. A Colby College Lovejoy land grant provided the funding needed for the effort.

Hilton Drake and Stephanie Drake Choate’s ancestors and the Lovejoys were two of the five founding families in Albion, formerly known as Freetown Plantation, in 1790. Elijah Parish Lovejoy attended Waterville College (now Colby) and is known as one of the first martyrs to freedom of the press and the abolitionist movement, killed in 1837 in Alton, Illinois. Colby’s language arts building bears his name.

Choate is the son of Michael and Stephanie Drake Choate and he attends Erskine Academy.

Nathan and Lee: Nathan receives the Eagle Scout Charge from Lee Pettengill who is the Chartered Organization Representative for Troop 479 and served as Master of Ceremonies for the Eagle Court of Honor Ceremony.Nathan: Nathan Choate, Eagle Scout, makes the Scout Sign during his Eagle Scout Ceremony Stephanie pins Nathan: Stephanie Drake Choate pins the Eagle Scout medal onto her son's uniform. "It was so special to have it at Mount Merici Academy. We are so proud of you, Nathan," she said. Joe and Nathan: Joe Doore of the Town of Albion spoke about why Nathan received the Spirit of America Award from the Town of Albion earlier this year. Elijay Parish Lovejoy was born in Albion in 1802 and was an American newspaper editor who was killed by a mob for his firm, published positions denouncing slavery in 1837. Nathan's Eagle Scout Project restored the marker in Albion commemorating Lovejoy.
Elijay Parish Lovejoy was born in Albion in 1802 and was an American newspaper editor who was killed by a mob for his firm, published positions denouncing slavery in 1837. Nathan Choate’s Eagle Scout Project restored the marker in Albion commemorating Lovejoy. Submitted photo

 

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