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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.

 This is not the first time that lodge names have been blended for use on an event patch.    Two other notable examples are:

• Miki Ciyapi A Pe Lachi “646″  from lodges 56, 101, and 489, issued in 1975
• Mikiciyapi Allangwh “585″ from lodges  56, 101, and 429, issud in 1978

Are there others?

Some members in these lodges may have had a good chuckle at this portmanteau of their lodges’s names, even if they didn’t know what the word mean.  Perhaps they could celebrate their cleverness with another special event in the Ark-La-Tex.

Thanks to Richard Murdaugh for sending me the image and news of this event.