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Originally posted by SilverTurtle
I got to tour the Alpha Phi HQ last fall. There is a prominent painting of an alum-(I can't remember if she was a past pres, or founder, or why she was so important) and her badge was sort of just in the middle of her shirt. They said that for years the badge had been 'over the heart', but then a few years back they got it cleaned & discovered the badge had been moved to that position so they had it removed & the original one shows now.
They went on to talk about how for a long time the important thing was that members WORE their badge, not WHERE they wore it. Just some interesting badge history for Alpha Phi. 
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The painting in the living room area of the EO is of Martha Foote Crow, our first National President (before we were International) and one of Alpha Phi's founders. Our constitution provides that our badge is to be worn over the heart and apparantly at some points someone had Martha's badge repositioned over her heart so that it complied with how we wear badges today. The several years ago when the picture was cleaned, like SilverTurtle says, the badge was moved back. I love going into Heritage Hall and seeing all of the old Alpha Phi badges prior to the standardized badge.