Sam Fairchild through his Scouting Century Foundation is putting on a special museum display at the Jamboree. Now the Foundation has significant holdings but it was needing a few pieces for their displays. Sam flew in and we went through my camp patch collection to help fill in a few holes. Particularly we were matching up camp patches as best as we could that were contemporary with the formation of the the various lodges.

We also provided some patches for other areas of the display:

Explorer Service Scout Honor Guard for Mackinac Island

Segregated Scout Camp in Central Florida Council

Canalino Lodge 90 Sun Dance Camp 1948

Red Jacket Council - merged in 1939

While we were working on this collector Rick Hubbard of Iowa drove in to personally deliver some incredibly rare, vintage Jamboree staff armbands (see the cell phone picture below)

The loan was made a local restaurant. We got some interesting looks from the wait staff as we carefully laid out these armbands.

The display at the Jamboree will be the most extensive of its kind. Not to be seen at the National Museum and of a different take than the best permanent display which is at the Las Vegas International Scouting Museum.

Over at the Collections Merit Badge  & ISCA booth we’ll be smashing pennies again, technically called ‘elongates’ for the cost of a penny (or free if you don’t have one as a Scout is prepared and we have a supply of pennies.)