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[EE-BO]

Originally Posted by a.e.B.O.T.

Well, you are not actually suppose to give it to your son. The only ones who can have the badge are: your mother, daughter, sister, fiance or wife.

You mean in terms of giving to a non-Beta right? I know lots of situations where legacies were given their father's pins- but those guys were also Betas.

[Oldest_Pledge]

Originally Posted by a.e.B.O.T.

Well, you are not actually suppose to give it to your son. The only ones who can have the badge are: your mother, daughter, sister, fiance or wife.

Originally Posted by EE-BO

You mean in terms of giving to a non-Beta right? I know lots of situations where legacies were given their father's pins- but those guys were also Betas.

With my two "good" pins with my name on it, my plan is to give one to each kid upon my death. They are both keenly aware of my 20 year pledgeship and struggle to finally get initiated. They gave up a weekend to drive me to the ceremony right before Christmas 2004.

Even if my son opts not to become a Beta, he can hold it for his son and pass Grandpa's pin to him. Unless I give it to my grandson.

I think you get the picture.

[NickoJCU]

I'm sure they would be treated with the utmost respect by your children and grandkids.

Personally, I don't think it would be wrong if your badges became family heirlooms passed down to Beta or even non-Beta relatives...

...but I'm not the AO, either. haha

[ZZ-kai-]

I will be buried with my badge. Its not that I won't trust my son (if I have one, currently have one daughter), but I want him to earn his own badge to wear and cherish. I have a pin from 1901 as well, a stick-pin style badge - old, unique and very interesting. This one, I'd probably donate to the AO for display, as there are very very few like it. I also have about 3 badges from when I was president of guys who never picked them up, or deactivated. They won't go on eBay, they'll eventually get to the wall o' badges at the AO....sometime.

My wife and I have her grandparents badges from the 50's - his TKE badge, her ADPi badge. We have them in a nice picture/shadow box on display. It's a really nice way to celebrate their lives.

[Oldest_Pledge]

Originally Posted by ZZ-kai-

I will be buried with my badge.

I will wear my "cheap" badge when dead. I am not leaving absolutley clear directions on what to do with it. My Masonic stuff is to be removed prior to final disposition and kept by the family.

Originally Posted by ZZ-kai-

My wife and I have her grandparents badges from the 50's - his TKE badge, her ADPi badge. We have them in a nice picture/shadow box on display. It's a really nice way to celebrate their lives.

And that is how I see passing my good badges to my children - a way to remember Dad. If my son joins, I will pin him at the ceremony with one of mine and it will be his to wear until his arrives.

It's wierd. I want to create a sense of family history where none exisited before. It's like I hold the values and traditions of the generation before or equal to that of my grandparents.