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.”

The list for Indiana is rather short.     Most of the lodges headquartered in Indiana have since merged or been absorbed by other lodges.   The few remaining active lodges in this state are not known as prolific issuers of patches.

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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.”

I was not able to find any lodge issues strictly shaped like the state of Louisiana but there many that use the shape of this state as part of their design.     This section conclave patch, for an event hosted by Ouxouiga lodge was the best I could do.

I seem to vaguely remember another, significantly older, patch in the shape of this state but have been unable to locate it on my site.     I think it may have had Chilantakoba’s pelican on it.     Is this familiar to anyone else?

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There’s a yellow rose in Texas, That I am going to see,
Nobody else could miss her, Not half as much as me.
She cried so when I left her It like to broke my heart,
And if I ever find her, We nevermore will part.

Does anyone still remember the series on state shaped patches I was writing last Winter?   Finally, I have put together a new entry in this series:   Texas.   Previous entries have covered state shaped patches from Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia.

There appears to be an affinity of sorts between the lodges of Texas and Oklahoma.     Some lodges have used the shapes of both states in their patches.   Previously I mentioned these in the Oklahoma post and will copy them again here.

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Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain
And the wavin’ wheat can sure smell sweet
When the wind comes right behind the rain…

I thought it was well past time to return to a state that actually had some state shaped patches.   Some of these are classics of the hobby, too.

This is the  sixteenth in an ongoing series of posts about state shaped patches. Previous entries have covered state shaped patches from Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia.

There seems to be an affinity of sorts between lodge Texas and Oklahoma when it comes to OA collecting.     A couple of lodges chose to use the combined shape of the states of Texas and Oklahoma on their patches.     I will mention them here as well as the post for Texas.

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It’s time to take a break from  snowy New England  and head to fairer climes.

This is the  fifteenth in an ongoing series of posts about state shaped patches. Previous entries have covered state shaped patches from Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia.

It’s turning out to be a bit harder to find true state shaped patches than I thought it would be.     There are a couple of “easy” states with notable state shaped pieces that I have yet to cover but for many states  I have had to resort to  patches that use the state shape in their design.       Arkansas is another such state.

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While I’m trying to work on some other things I  thought I’d  post another  installment in this series,  one of the shortest to date.     Heading northeast from Vermont,    I turn my attention towards Maine and New Hampshire.

This is the  fourteenth in an ongoing series of posts about state shaped patches. Previous entries have covered state shaped patches from Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Montana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia.

These two states are served by only three lodges.     Passaconaway 220  is the sole New Hampshire lodge.     Maine is split between Pamola 211 and Madockawanda 271.   None of these lodges every issued any patches shaped like their respective states, but the states’ shapes have been used in two items from Madockawanda 271.

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I keep meaning to  get back to this series.   However I other things seem to take up the time I need to get these together.     There’s some classic OA memorabilia yet to come.

This is the  thirteenth in an ongoing series of posts about state shaped patches. Previous entries have covered state shaped patches from Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Montana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

Since the last post in this series covered Massachusetts, I thought I would stay in New England and move north to Vermont.       This is going to be a rather short post as you might guess.

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It’s been nearly a month since I last  posted anything in this series.   It’s time  I started working on this again.

This is the twelth in an ongoing series of posts about state shaped patches. Previous entries have covered state shaped patches from Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Kentucky, Montana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

Massachusetts has been home to a lot of lodges that have since merged.     Of the 41 lodges that have existed in the state only 10 are currently active.     Several patches has used the shape of Massachusetts as part the design, however only one issue is shaped like Massachusetts.   This is not too surprising since these lodges as a whole are rather conservative in their patch issuing practices.

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A friend of mine was recently joking with me about this series of posts.     He wanted to know when I would get to Colorado or Wyoming.     I think he may have been a bit surprised when I told him I was already working up  a post for Colorado!

This is the eleventh in an ongoing series of posts about state shaped patches. Previous entries have covered state shaped patches from Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Kentucky, Montana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

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This is the tenth in an ongoing series of posts about state shaped patches. Previous entries have covered state shaped patches from Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Kentucky, Montana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

Now I turn my attentions to the desert southwest.     The lodges of Arizona have had some beautiful and interesting patches thorughout the years.     Papago lodge is thought to be the originator of what collectors now refer to as the two-piece set: a pocket flap with a matching pocket patch, usually with a similar theme and sometimes with a continuous design across the two patches.     However it appears that only one lodge has issued patches based upon the shape of the state of Arizona.

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