Nentego 20 S14

Maryland would be an interesting, but difficult, state to use as a shape for an OA patch. To my knowledge no one has tried yet.     None of the lodges with council   headquarters in Maryland have even tried to use their state shape on a patch.

Only one lodge serves the state of Delaware and it’s not known for innovative or unusual patches. So the list of patches using these states’ shapes will be rather short.

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Wenasa Quenhotan 23 2001 Events Patches

Illinois and its governor have been in the news a lot recently so it seemed a good state to pick the the next entry in this series.

Throughout history there have been 58 lodges different lodges charted to councils headquartered in Illinois.   Most of these have long since merged or consolidated.   One of the Founders of the Order of the Arrow, Carroll A. Edson, worked as a professional in Chicago which enabled the OA to become established there early on.   Owasippe 7 was also created as one of the earliest lodge mergers.

The list of lodges that have issued patches in the shape of Illinois, or used that state in their patch designs is rather short.

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States Covered Thus Far

It’s been a while since I posted an entry to this series, so I thought this would be a good break from what seems to be “Wahissa Week” here.

With it’s odd shaped border and two narrow panhandles, West Virginia’s shape would be technically difficult to render as a patch.     No lodge has yet attempted it.     It could make for an interesting jacket patch if someone was to work up a nice design.     A few of the state’s lodges, however, did use the state shape on some of their issues.

This will be a short list.

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States Covered Thus Far

Next up in this series is Idaho, “The Gem State”.     The other posts in this category can be read here.

This will be a short list.     Only two lodges in this state used the state in their patch designs.     None of them are shaped like the state.

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States Covered Thus Far

I now turn to the “Bee Hive State” for this installment of the series These 50 States. We have now passed the halfway point in this series.

Scouting is very popular in Utah, thanks in part to the influence of the LDS church.   As a result, the lodges tend to be active and are known today for their numerous and attractive patches.   Yet, of the five lodges that have been headquartered in Utah only two of these lodge names have been used on patches in the shape of Utah, or using this state’s shape.

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States Covered Thus Far

Here is the next installment in the series, “These 50 States”.   As befits the smallest state, this is the shortest to date.   With this post, the New England area is now complete.

There has only been one lodge headquartered in Rhode Island at any time.     First we had Wincheck 534.   That has since merged with Neemat 124 to form Abnaki 102.   Neither Wincheck nor Abnaki lodges had any patches shape like Rhode Island.   Neither lodge has used the state shape as part of a patch design.   However, all is not lost.

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Melodies bring memories
That linger in my heart
Make me think of Georgia
Why did we ever part?…
…Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind.

Mowogo 243 1988 Spring Fellowship

After noticing that all Georgia was the only BSA Southern Region state not yet included in this series, I had “Georgia on my mind.” (even if the words are different)

Among all the lodges that have been in Georgia through the years only four have used the state’s shape on their patches.     There has only been one patch in the shape of this state and it has yet to be listed in Blue Book even though it was issued twenty years ago!

Only two flaps used the state outline in their design, and then along with the rest of the Southern Region.     All the others using this shape were events issues.

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Chicksa 202 N2

Mississippi, the Magnolia State, is the next state in the series of state shaped patches   and state shapes on patches. With this installment I am now about halfway through the states.   Nearly the entire southeastern US has not been covered.

This is one of the shorter lists.   There have only been seven lodges in Mississippi.   Five of these are still active.   I found no patches in the shape of this state.   Only three lodges used this shape as part of a patch design. Still, this is a varied list including lodge, events and chapter issues.

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Cuyahoga 17 X1

I turn to the Buckeye State for this installment in the series about state shapes on patches.     Through the years there has been 35 different lodges headquartered in Ohio, 23 of which are no longer active.     Several of these have used the shape of Ohio on their patches.

In addition to using the shape of this state in the design, this list includes classic issues shaped like Ohio as well as modern two-piece sets forming a similar shape.   Issues include odd-shapes, flaps, neckerchiefs, event patches and one chapter issue.

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Ag-Im 156 1993 Events Issues

Here is the next entry in the series of posts on state shaped patches, and state shapes used in patches. About a third of the states have now been covered. Previous entries may be found in the category, “These 50 States.”

Michigan is one of the more difficult states to depict on a patch.     Its territory consists primarily of two peninsulas, roughly positioned perpendicular to each other.     It is largely bounded by Lakes Huron, Superior and Michigan.     As such, no patch is in the shape of the entire state.     Many patches depict one of the state’s two peninsular.     Ag-Im has issued two sets of event patches shaped like the state’s upper peninsula.

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