BSA US Grant Pilgrimage 1967 leather patch neckerchief slide TRAIN ENGINE
- ONE Printed Leather Patch Badge that has slots so it can make a neckerchief slide.
- Slides are also known as a Woggle or Ring. A device to replace the knot in a scarf or necker tie.
- Condition: EXCELLENT MINT - Previously Owned
- Measures approximately 54mm wide by 75 mm tall.
- Patch Text: 13th ANNUAL U.S. GRANT PILGRIMAGE GALENA, ILL. 1967
- Logo Design: Train Engine Locomotive & Tender
- Unique Pictures of the actual item available in this listing
Some Interesting Side-Notes:
- Galena's fame arises from the civilian life of General Ulysses S. Grant
- He was born Hiram Ulysses Grant and his nickname was Lyss. When U.S. Congressman, Thomas L. Hamer nominated him to West Point he incorrect called him Ulysses Simpson Grant. Later Grant would call himself Ulysses S. Grant. After graduation of from West Point he became a quartermaster. During the civil war he was nicknamed "Unconditional Surrender" Grant.
- Blackhawk Area Council (BAC) of the Boy Scouts of America
- About 85% of Galena, Illinois is listed in the National Register of Historic Places
- Grant was the 18th President of the United States of America.
- The first pilgrimage was started on April 23, 1955
- The pilgrimage typically takes place the last full weekend in April
- About 5,000 to 10,000 scouts a year attend!
- In 1967 they had only about 5359 scouts.
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