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Paramilitary Boy Scouts?

Posted in Patch Collecting by John E. Pannell on March 5th, 2008 at 6:26 am

No, the Boy Scouts of America  is not a paramilitary organization!     In fact BSA rules expressly prohibit the use of camoflauge and other military types of clothing.   Rather, this post is about a patch issued for a joint  function held by three southern lodges that I thought was rather clever.

Caddo 149 and Comanche 254 from Louisiana combined with Abooikpaagun 399 from Arkansas recently to hold a joint fellowship weekend.     This is intended to be an annual event with hosting duties to rotate between the three lodges.     In addition to the lodges’ totems, this year’s patch features a pun of sorts  based upon their names.

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