E urner goodman biography of michael
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Patch Trading
Nobody knows when the first swap of beställning of the Arrow emblems took place, but it had to be soon after the first badges of Wimachtendienk appeared. In the early years there was no trading of OA insignia. The first insignia in 1916 were pins.Pins were made of silver or gold. They were relatively expensive, certainly when compared to patches. An Unami Lodge gold Second grad pin in 1919 might have cost $2.00; the cost of 20 die-cut felt camp monogram patches. No one was trading them with each other.
At the first Grand stuga Meeting in 1921 most of the delegates were professional Scouters. They had much to discuss, but they were not trading. The first badges of the beställning were issued shortly thereafter. The first chenille shaped badge from Minsi stuga of Reading, Pennsylvania was issued circa 1922. But there was really no one to trade it with and no real location to wear it (OA Insignia was forbidden from the uniform until 1942, and that was for just the Universal Arrow
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50th Anniversary Gettysburg Reunion
When was the Order of the Arrow founded? Where?
Consider that the answers to those two questions might not be as simple as, “Friday, July 16th 1915” and “Treasure Island.”
As example, in the months and years before July 4th 1776, our founding fathers spent long hours, days, and years – thinking about the kind of nation we would become. History documents how they began with an idea that evolved to become a full vision.
In the same way, as brothers of the Order of the Arrow, we’ve inherited the fruition of a vision that began some years before that July day on Treasure Island. Our heritage begins with those events that influenced the life and beliefs of our founders.
Certainly one of those experiences overwhelmed 22 year-old E. Urner Goodman in a world tilting toward the unimaginable violence of the First World War – occurred during the week he spent, with about 500 Scouts and 50,000 veterans on the battlegrounds of Gettysburg
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With the death of Dr. E. Urner Goodman on March 13, 1980, the National Order of the Arrow Committee decided in 1981 to create the Founder’s Award as a tribute to the Order’s founders. Unlike most awards in Scouting, the Founder’s Award has no criteria set by the National Boy Scouts of America. Instead, each Lodge is expected to develop its own procedures for the awarding of this prestigious recognition. Therefore, the Founder’s Award has a unique meaning to each Lodge. However, one characteristic remains the same, only the most dedicated Arrowmen are considered for the award. It is only reserved for those Arrowmen who demonstrate and memorialize in their everyday life the spirit of achievement as described by our Founders, Dr. E. Urner Goodman and Carroll A. Edson.
Our Lodge first presented the Founder’s Award in 1983, and the service rendered to Scouting by past, present, and future Founder’s Award recipients should encourage others to emulate their dedication to Atta Kulla Ku