Lodge 459: Matrimonial Patches
Posted in …Goin’ to the chapel and we’re gonna get married
Goin’ to the chapel and we’re gonna get married
Gee, I really love you and we’re gonna get married
Goin’ to the chapel of love…
Catawba lodge has recently issued two unusual patches. Their lodge adviser will soon be married. The lodge has chosen to mark these nuptials with a special flap and pocket batch. Thanks to Larry Banks for sending me the images of these patches.
While unusual, this is not the first lodge to issue a flap for a member’s wedding. Ku-Ni-Eh 145 issued a flap, S32, for their adviser’s wedding in 1999.
The flap is also unusual in another respect. To my knowledge it is the first Order of the Arrow patch to include in the design the Lenape word that is written across the top of the patch.
Blue Book data for these two issues should be as follows.
| Issue | Bdr Color/Type | Bkgd | Name | fdl/BSA | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S96? | WHT | R | M/C | RED | DGR | fdl; Hunter Chapel, issued for adviser’s wedding |
| X10? | M/C | C | M/C | - | - | Bridal Hornets, Nancy 9-01-07 Bill; issued for adviser’s wedding |
| Catawba 459 page on OAImages.com | ||||||
Observant users of this site will notice a jump in the issue numbers here. Before this new flap (S96?) the last issue shown on this site is the 2007 Dixie flap, “S92?”. Since the Dixie Fellowship in April, Catawba has issued a new OBV set of flaps. I do not yet have good images of these pieces.
The significance of the Lenape word across the top is…apt. However, I believe it is taken out of the original context of the OA. But then now that women are granted membership it takes on a whole new meaning.
That’s the first time I’ve seen it in writing, to be honest. I don’t think it’s even in the ceremony guides, but I could be wrong.
It is and has as far as I know always been in the ceremony books.
It is also written in the older OA handbooks.
this takes firm “bound” in brotherhood to the next level!!