APO Insignia

[emb021]

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?

"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.

[naraht]

Originally Posted by emb021

It was actually created in 1968. I have the issue of the T&T in which this was announced and shows the pin.

I stand corrected then...

Originally Posted by emb021

"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..

Indeed the heart shaped pin boyscout pin I have is the mother's life pin. I inherited this pin when my grandmother passed away, along with her sorority pins and other scouting pins. She was a den mother for many years for my father's troop. I wore the pin 1. to honor my grandmother and 2. because APO has such close ties with scouting. I apologize if wearing it was inappropriate (and I certainly won't do it again).

I know that some fraternities allow daughters to wear their insignia. Are their any exceptions like this in the scouting world? In the APO world?

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Twunkle

Indeed the heart shaped pin boyscout pin I have is the mother's life pin. I inherited this pin when my grandmother passed away, along with her sorority pins and other scouting pins. She was a den mother for many years for my father's troop.

Are you sure about this? Boy Scout troops have never had den mothers. Cub Scout packs are divided into dens, and they used to have den mothers. (Now they have den leaders.) There are lots of women in leadership positions with Boy Scout troops, though.

Just curious.