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Description: FLAG IS GREEN NYLON. IN CENTRE OF FLAG IS A YELLOW FLEUR DE LIS WITH TWO GREEN STARS WITHIN IT. BELOW THIS IS A YELLOW BANNER THAT READS "BE PREPARED" IN GREEN. FLAG IS HEMMED WITH WHITE THREAD. ON ONE SIDE THE FLAG HAS A CASING FOR THE POLE. THE POLE CONSISTS OF 2 PIECES THAT FIT TOGETHER WITH BRASS ENDS. THE POLES ARE WOOD WITH BROWN VARNISH ON THEM. AT THE TOP OF ONE OF THE POLES IS A BRASS FINIAL IN THE SHAPE OF A FLEUR DE LIS. THERE AR ETWO STARS INDENTED INTO THE FLEUR DE LIS, AND BELOW THIS IS A BANNER THAT READS "BE PREPARED"; FINIAL IS THE SAME ON BOTH SIDES. VARNISH IS WORN OFF BOTTOM OF OTHER POLE, AND IS CHIPPED AND SCRATCHED IN OTHER PLACES.

History: FLAG WAS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED BY THE WEST WIND DISTRICT AND TRANSFERRED TO LETHBRIDGE DISTRICT IN 1977 WHEN THE WEST WINDS DISTRICT WAS CLOSED, AND COMMUNITIES FROM THAT DISTRICT JOINED IN THE REFORMATION OF THE LETHBRIDGE DISTRICT. FLAG IS A CARRYING FLAG, AS OPPOSED TO A FLYING FLAG. FLAG WAS USED AT ALL MEETINGS, CHURCH PARADES, SPECIAL CEREMONIES AND REMEMBRANCE DAY PARADES. FLAG COST ABOUT $12.00 AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE, W/ POLES. THE FLAG WAS USED IN THE RETIRING OF COLORS AT THE WEST WINDS DISTRICT CLOSURE AND ALSO AT THE OPENING OF THE NEW LETHBRIDGE DISTRICT. IT WAS FINALLY LAID TO REST AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE LETHBRIDGE DISTRICT IN 1999 WHEN ALL THE DISTRICTS IN ALBERTA WERE CLOSED DUE TO THE RESTRUCTURING OF PROVINCIAL SCOUTING WHICH OCCURRED IN MAY OF 2000. THE LETHBRIDGE DISTRICT HAS BEEN ABSORBED INTO A WIDER GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. DUE TO FEAR OF ITEMS LOSS THEY WERE GIVEN TO THE MUSEUM. RELATED CATALOGUE # P20000041005-GA. *NOTE* WHEN DISPLAYED DONORS WISH TO BE IDENTIFIED AS LETHBRIDGE DISTRICT, SOUTHERN REGION, SCOUTS CANADA.