A game played at a Boy Scouts game in upstate New York in the 1950s cements the friendship of a young white Boy Scout and a black Boy Scout for life. It is a story that unfolds into the '60s and '70s when their individual lives are confronted with their own trails and tribulations that seem in stark contrast to one another. Throughout it though, they maintain their friendship and in the end come together in the '80s in a moment of tragedy and fulfillment.