Dallas TOR Best of Show – Sea Scout Ship Medallions and more..
The Scouting Century Foundation’s display of Sea Scout ship medallions and flag ship fleet patches won “Best of Show” at the recent 2009 Dallas Trade-o-ree. We caught up with the Foundation’s Executive Director Sam Fairchild to discuss and review for you the contents of this display. See the pod-cast below.
Sea Scouting is the oldest specialty program within the BSA. It started in 1913 and continues to this day. It has its own highly distinctive and coveted insignia and memorabilia. Some of its most distinctive badges are ship medallions, youth designed badges, for each Sea Scout unit. Also, starting in the early 1930s through the late 1940s there were national and then regional and local competitions for the best ships. The Foundation now holds what we believe to be the best collection in the country. Sam wanted us to be sure to note that Kelly Williams, President of the Krelman Co. originally built the collection and in the past year worked with the Foundation to move it to their holdings.
Here’s our interview with Sam.
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on January 26th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
A couple quick corrections to my comments — It is William Menninger who served as the skipper of the Kansan, the winner of the 1931 and 1933 National Flagship and the designated “Honorary National Flagship” in 1936. The decision of the BSA to make the 1936 award was effectively to take the Kansan out of future competitions because they were such a proficient ship!
on January 18th, 2012 at 5:56 am
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