Editing Mackinac Island (section)

=== Scout Service Camp ===
Every summer, Mackinac Island accommodates several Michigan [[Boy Scouts of America|Boy Scouts]] and [[Girl Scouts USA|Girl Scouts]] and their leaders over alternate weeks. These scouts serve the state park as the [[Scouting in Michigan#Mackinac Island Honor Guard Program|Mackinac Island Governor's Honor Guard]]. The program began in 1929, when the State Park Commission invited eight [[Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)|Eagle Scouts]], including [[Gerald Ford]], later President of the United States, to the island.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mackinacparks.com/girl-scouts-and-the-mackinac-island-scout-service-camp/|title=Girl Scouts and the Mackinac Island Scout Service Camp|website=Mackinac State Historic Parks|date=March 22, 2021|access-date=June 19, 2021}}</ref>

[[File:Mack isl view.JPG|thumb|right|alt=A downhill view of houses. A harbor is visible at left.|A view of the island from atop Fort Mackinac]]

In 1974, the program was expanded by Governor William Milliken to include Girl Scouts. The program is popular, selective, and a long-standing tradition. Scouts raise and lower twenty-seven flags on the island, serve as guides, and complete volunteer service projects during their stay. These Scouts live in the Scout Barracks behind Fort Mackinac.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mackinac Island Honor Scouts |publisher=Girl Scouts&nbsp;– Michigan Trails |url=http://www.gsmt.org/programs-mihs.shtml |access-date=March 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060624032832/http://www.gsmt.org/programs-mihs.shtml |archive-date=June 24, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Wilson |first=Suzanne |title=A 75-Year Tradition of Summer Service |work=Scouting Magazine |date=May–June 2005 |url=http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0505/a-year.html |access-date=March 11, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mackinac Island Scout Service Camp |publisher=upscouting.org |url=http://www.upscouting.org/missc/media/2008MISSCFacts.pdf |access-date=March 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529014639/http://www.upscouting.org/missc/media/2008MISSCFacts.pdf |archive-date=May 29, 2008}}</ref>