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Originally Posted by carnation
I'll ask my husband what he remembers about Order of the Arrow--our oldest was inducted into it at camp several years ago. He got this huge arrow sash.This was 3 5th graders being inducted into the Arrow of Light and they got arrow plaques!
(Big cheer here for all the arrows that the Boy Scouts use! Haha!  ) |
C, you just notice arrows everywhere, don't you?
Order of the Arrow is very ceremonial, and very secretive from what I understand. I don't know if that's even open to non-members, I'm thinking not but I'm not sure. The Arrow of Light ceremony is open to the entire pack and parents and the one insignia that a boy can wear on his Boy Scout uniform from Cub Scouts. Our son's den was the first to earn Arrows of Light in their pack, we actually started the pack and they came in as Wolves! I'll never forget the 40 or so Tigers, Wolves, Bears, Webelos I's and siblings watching the Order of the Arrow *in silent awe* as they performed the Arrow of Light ceremony for the four boys who earned it.
More trivia: A boy can only earn Arrow of Light as a Cub, he can't go back and get it later.