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Back in 2008 I was asked about the neckerchief shown below and whether or not it was a Buckskin Lodge #412 issue. I have never seen one before in any #412 collection, but I thought I would spotlight this again.

There was an auction on eBay recently which was purportedly for a unlisted Buckskin Lodge #412 Neckerchief.

While the neckerchief does not indicate the lodge name or number, the seller advises he was told the neckerchief was from Buckskin Lodge. The design is somewhat reminiscent of the N5 through N5.7 designs from Buckskin Lodge, however each of those eight neckerchiefs contain the Lodge name or at least the Lodge number. This design shows neither.

Can anyone provide confirmation?

[phpbay]Buckskin Lodge #412, 10[/phpbay]

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“No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.” – James Madison (“Political Observations,” April 20, 1795)

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I previously posted a sample of the artwork for the 2013 Jamboree set from Kittan Lodge #364. The flap contains the totems of the predecessor lodge, while the chevron contains a zip-line through the Summit site and the current lodge totem taking advantage of the high adventure opportunities. There are two sets with different border colors available.

The delegate set has a green border. The porcupine-shaped dangle is the same in both sets.

Kittan Lodge #364 2013 Jamboree Set S26 X14 & X15

The stats for this set are:
S26 DGR R LBL BLK LBL FDL; RED WWW, BLK Outlined WHT 2013 National Jamboree w/X14,X16
X15 DGR R LBL YEL YEL FDL; BLK 2013 National Jamboree w/S26, X14
X14 M/C C BRN – – Porcupine-shaped Dangle w/S25 & X13 Trader & Delegate S26 & 15

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“If the federal government should … make a tyrannical use of its powers, the people … must appeal to the standard they have formed, and take such measures to redress the injury done to the Constitution as the exigency may suggest and prudence justify.” –Alexander Hamilton

Ashokwahta Lodge #339 has issued a single flap for the 2013 National Jamboree. The owl(?) clutches the lodge totem in its talons.

Ashokwahta Lodge #339 2013 Jamboree Flap S22

The stats for this one are:
S22 M/C C M/C RED TAN FDL; RED WWW 2013, WHT Summit Bechtel Reserve National Jamboree

[phpbay]Ashokwahta Lodge, 5[/phpbay]

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“Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them if we basely entail hereditary bondage on them.” –Thomas Jefferson (1775)

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“Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them if we basely entail hereditary bondage on them.” –Thomas Jefferson (1775)

I previously posted a sample of the artwork for the 2013 Jamboree set from Kittan Lodge #364. The flap contains the totems of the predecessor lodge, while the chevron contains a zip-line through the Summit site and the current lodge totem taking advantage of the high adventure opportunities. There are two sets with different border colors available.

The trader set has a maroon border. The porcupine-shaped dangle is the same in both sets.

Kittan Lodge 2013 Jamboree Trader Set S25 X13 & X14

The stats for this set are:
S25 MAR R LBL BLK LBL FDL; RED WWW, BLK Outlined Wht 2013 National Jamboree w/X13,X14
X13 MAR R LBL YEL YEL FDL; BLK 2013 National Jamboree w/S25, X15
X14 M/C C BRN – – Porcupine-shaped Dangle w/S25 & X13 Trader & Delegate S26 & 15

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“In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” –Thomas Jefferson

Remember the fallen not just on Memorial Day because freedom is not free.

The Sheepdogs by Russ Vaughn

Most humans truly are like sheep
Wanting nothing more than peace to keep
To graze, grow fat and raise their young,
Sweet taste of clover on the tongue.
Their lives serene upon Life’s farm,
They sense no threat nor fear no harm.
On verdant meadows, they forage free
With naught to fear, with naught to flee.
They pay their sheepdogs little heed
For there is no threat; there is no need.
To the flock, sheepdog’s are mysteries,
Roaming watchful round the peripheries.
These fang-toothed creatures bark, they roar
With the fetid reek of the carnivore,
Too like the wolf of legends told,
To be amongst our docile fold.
Who needs sheepdogs? What good are they?
They have no use, not in this day.
Lock them away, out of our sight
We have no need of their fierce might.
But sudden in their midst a beast
Has come to kill, has come to feast
The wolves attack; they give no warning
Upon that calm September morning
They slash and kill with frenzied glee
Their passive helpless enemy
Who had no clue the wolves were there
Far roaming from their Eastern lair.
Then from the carnage, from the rout,
Comes the cry, “Turn the sheepdogs out!”
Thus is our nature but too our plight
To keep our dogs on leashes tight
And live a life of illusive bliss
Hearing not the beast, his growl, his hiss.
Until he has us by the throat,
We pay no heed; we take no note.
Not until he strikes us at our core
Will we unleash the Dogs of War
Only having felt the wolf pack’s wrath
Do we loose the sheepdogs on its path.
And the wolves will learn what we’ve shown before;
We love our sheep, we Dogs of War.

Russ Vaughn
2d Bn, 327th Parachute Infantry Regiment
101st Airborne Division
Vietnam 65-66