grand council fire

American  

noun

1. a formal gathering of camp fire members requiring a minimum attendance of three troops.

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Example Sentences

I was introduced to them by the General, as one of the grand council fire at Philadelphia, which made them prick up their ears.

From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Adams, Abigail

As his people were then holding a grand council fire at the forks of the Delaware, they did not wish to put it out and build another council fire on this side of the Delaware.

From Stories of New Jersey by Stockton, Frank Richard