Re: Adult knots - Scout awards
Settummanque, ("MAJ)
Wed, 4 Sep 1996 13:47:59 -0500
Aw Geezo...while we're once again back at the "square knot" discussion,
here's EXACTLY CURRENTLY what we ADULTS can wear as represenation
of YOUTH awards we earned/received; each of these awards has a square
knot which is the ONLY thing we "18 and overs" are supposed to wear:
Arrow of Light (the highest Cub Scout rank; some of you called it the WEBELOS
Award back in them "old days")
the YOUTH religious emblem of your choice (with appropriate devices indicating
in which program(s) you have earned that religious emblem in)
the William T. Hornaday Award (all versions)
the Eagle Scout Badge (with or without the Palms indicating additional merit
badges
earned)
the Ranger, Ace, either or both Exploring Silver Awards (and we do have folks
still around whom have earned those awards)
the Exploring Achievement Award or the Exploring G.O.L.D Award
the Quartermaster Award
the Order of the Arrow Distinguished Service Award
the Merit Medal
the Heroism Medal
the Honor Medal (with or without crossed palms)
foreign youth awards if it was accompanied by a "knot emblem" of any sort, and
*should only be worn when Scouts/Scouters of that country is
present*
the Youth Leadership in America Award BAR (the silver bar with the word
"Leadership". I'm still working on getting those people a knot
for that award)
As you can see, it's a rather large list of awards which many Scouts have
earned and
can wear as adults. With due respect to Hugh and Larry, youth folks should
be wearing youth awards...that's what they were designed for; we adults
should be wearing the adult "equal -to", which in the USA's Boy Scouting
program, are the square knot emblems, one inch by 1/3inch, which are worn in
rows of three above the
left pocket at the wearer's option and order of importance.
I too, had a Scoutmaster that have earned Eagle and proudly reminded us of
that fact each and every Monday night when he wore his uniform with the
Eagle centered on
the pocket. However, when one of our Scouts showed up with a military unit
patch
sewn on the pocket instead of his rank, and when asked "why did you let your mom
do this?", the Scout shugged his shoulders and replied, "I thought you can
put anything you want there....I see you wearing your Eagle badge there and
you're proud of it...I'm proud of where my daddy works so I had my mom to
place the (194th
Armored Brigade, our chartering partner, were called the "Lightning Brigade")
Lightning Patch there!"...our Scoutmaster bought a new shirt and started
wearing it,
without the Eagle patch there, replaced by the square knot.
Yes, our policies and guidelines leave A LOT to be desired....and yes, one
word like
"should" or "may" or even a phrase like "order of importance" can make or break
many of the policies; it is the REASONING BEHIND THEM that we should be
looking at (and what I try to explain here as best I can). As I stated
before to Tim,
the reasoning is that you have spent a great deal of time earning your
Eagle. We both at the ground level as well as way up there, want you to
DISPLAY THAT BADGE
so that other Scouts can "get a clue" and "be like Tim", to steal a
commercial. When we as adults wear it, it is mostly to remind ourselves
that we were Scouts and that
we had a great time. But comparisons between an adult wearing an Eagle
Scout cloth
badge and a youth wearing the same badge, most folks will have a higher
regard for the YOUTH wearing the badge....we adults can do a lot in our
lives. But for a youth to earn Eagle, or the Gold Award, or one of several
other high youth honors....*that's
something*!!
Wear the badge, Tim...with or without the Palms on it.
Settummanque!
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