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Order of the Arrow

History of Scouting

How to make sure your Order of the Arrow lodge’s history isn’t just a thing of the past

July 14, 2017 1

To help Arrowmen gather, preserve and showcase their history, the Order of the Arrow has released its Lodge History Resource Guide.

Eagle Scout

He’s visiting all 4 high-adventure bases in 1 epic summer

June 6, 2017 30

Ben Pycraft, a 19-year-old Eagle Scout from North Ridgeville, Ohio, will travel by car to all four BSA high-adventure bases this summer.

Order of the Arrow

2017 Order of the Arrow national officers elected

January 4, 2017 1

Forrest Gertin, an Eagle Scout and Vigil Honor OA member from Rochester, N.Y., will serve as 2017 National Chief of the Order of the Arrow.

Awards

BSA names its National Alumnus of the Year for 2016

February 18, 2016 0

The Scouting Alumni Association has named Ray Capp, Distinguished Eagle Scout and chairman of the Order the Arrow, as its 2016 National Alumnus of the Year.

Order of the Arrow

2016 Order of the Arrow national officers elected

December 29, 2015 1

The 2016 Order of the Arrow officers have been elected, and Hunter Jones of the Wa-Hi-Nasa Lodge of Nashville, Tenn., will serve as National Chief.

Ask the Expert

What’s a new Order of the Arrow dad to do when his son isn’t yet elected?

November 12, 2015 69

At a recent camporee, an assistant Scoutmaster was called out to join the Order of the Arrow, Scouting’s national honor society. His son was not.

NOAC 2015

NOAC 2015 closing show inspires, dazzles, entertains

August 7, 2015 10

The 2015 National Order of the Arrow Conference closed with a show that made Arrowmen think, laugh, scream, dance and maybe even get a little teary-eyed.

NOAC 2015

Backstage with the NOAC Shows team, where volunteers make magic

August 7, 2015 1

The NOAC Shows team has a daunting job. They take an abstract conference theme — “It Starts With Us” — and convert it into something magical.

Memorabilia

Someone at NOAC 2015 will win the Flap Map, an entire wall of patches

August 7, 2015 4

The Flap Map at NOAC 2015 is a giant wall of patches that showcases OA flaps from all 50 states. And someone’s going to win the whole thing.

NOAC 2015

Arrowmen fill, then evacuate, MSU’s Spartan Stadium for emergency drill

August 7, 2015 4

Some 15,000 Arrowmen gathered inside Michigan State’s Spartan Stadium for what organizers called the largest emergency evacuation drill in stadium history.

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