{"id":5244,"date":"2009-11-06T09:09:10","date_gmt":"2009-11-06T13:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/?p=5244"},"modified":"2015-01-31T13:00:05","modified_gmt":"2015-01-31T18:00:05","slug":"world-brotherhood-camporee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/06\/world-brotherhood-camporee\/","title":{"rendered":"World Brotherhood Camporee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1422\" title=\"Knowledge is Power\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/knowledge.gif?resize=397%2C52\" alt=\"Knowledge is Power\" width=\"397\" height=\"52\" \/>A couple of years ago, I had posted about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/02\/2007-world-brotherhood-camporee\/\" target=\"_self\">World Brotherhood Camporee <\/a>which\u00c2\u00a0 is held each year and alternates between sites in the US and Canada.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The<strong> World     Brotherhood Camporee<\/strong> is an annual event held every September with approximately     3,000 attendees.\u00c2\u00a0 Each year the      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voyageur.scouts.ca\/loyalist\/\">Loyalist Area<\/a>, Scouts Canada and the     <a href=\"http:\/\/cnyscouts.org\/about\/contact.html\">Hiawatha Seaway     Council<\/a>, BSA take turns hosting this camporee.\u00c2\u00a0 In even years, it&#8217;s held on the US     side at <a href=\"http:\/\/nysparks.state.ny.us\/parks\/info.asp?parkId=164\">Wellesley Island State Park<\/a> (in the Thousand Islands across from Clayton,     NY).\u00c2\u00a0 In odd years it&#8217;s held in Canada at     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stlawrenceparks.com\/rc.htm\">Riverside Cedar Provincial Park<\/a> (near Morrisburg, ON). The program varies from camporee to camporee but the one big constant is     badge trading.\u00c2\u00a0 Proceeds from the camp help support projects of the     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scouts.ca\/inside.asp?cmPageID=95\">Canadian Scout      Brotherhood Fund<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For those with sharp eyes, or good luck, there was recently what appeared to be a common auction on eBay, entitled <a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574851416&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336381953&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=330372075834&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg\" target=\"_self\">3 DIFFERENT 60S &amp; 70S BOY SCOUT CAMPOREE BADGE PATCHES<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"text-decoration:none;border:0;padding:0;margin:0;\" src=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/roverimp\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?ff3=2&amp;pub=5574851416&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336381953&amp;customid=&amp;item=330372075834&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]\" alt=\"\" \/>.<\/p>\n<p>One of those 3 patches (the one on the right), was from the 1975 World Brotherhood Camporee, only the second time the event was held.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574851416&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336381953&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=330372075834&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg\" target=\"_self\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5245\" title=\"World Brotherhood 1975\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/World-Brotherhood-1975.jpg?resize=450%2C146\" alt=\"World Brotherhood 1975\" width=\"450\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/World-Brotherhood-1975.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/World-Brotherhood-1975.jpg?resize=300%2C97&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Clicking on the image, will bring you to the eBay auction for the next few months.<\/p>\n<p>Likely why this $ 1.00 worth of patches went for over $ 28.00.\u00c2\u00a0 What do you think it would have went for if it was properly described?<\/p>\n<p>[auction-affiliate tool=&#8221;lister&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#8220;[A] good moral character is the first essential in a man&#8230;&#8221;  &#8211;George Washington<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of years ago, I had posted about the World Brotherhood Camporee which\u00c2\u00a0 is held each year and alternates between sites in the US and Canada. 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