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Originally Posted by Twunkle
At the Nationals banquet in Boston, I wore a heart shaped boyscout pin (I know its not APO, but I thought it was pretty appropriate! ;o) and I wore the APO sweetheart pin that was given to me by my chapter president as a gift.
Does anyone know anything about the Sweetheart pin's history?
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"heart shaped" boy scout pin? That could only be the Life Scout pin, which is a boy scout rank. If you (or your son) did not earn that rank it would be inappropriate to wear it.
Sweetheart pin. Yes, I know a lot about the history of it, as I collect APO insignia and do research on them. It was actually created in 1968. I have the issue of the T&T in which this was announced and shows the pin. While we have had chapter sweethearts for decades, it wasn't until then that the pin was create. The purpose was to allow Brothers (or chapters) to recognize their (non-Brother) sweethearts. Nowadays I see Brothers giving them to other Brothers, as well as female Brothers giving them to their non-Brother male 'sweethearts'.
The pin was dropped by the Board in 1998, but later brought back.