PATCH

Description: SQUARE PATCH. BACKGROUND COLOUR IS WHITE. EMBROIDERED IN CENTRE OF PATCH IS AN AMERICAN FLAG AND A CANADIAN FLAG, WITH FLAG POLES CROSSED. BELOW AMERICAN FLAG READS "BSA" AND BELOW CANADIAN FLAG READS "BSC". EMBROIDERED AT TOP OF PATCH IS "INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION 1981" IN BLACK, AND AT BOTTOM OF PATCH IS "LEWIS & CLARK MONTANA", IN BLACK. EDGES OF PATCH ARE FINISHED IN DARK BLUE THREAD. REVERSE OF PATCH IS STIFFENED WITH NETTING AND LACQUER.

History: SCOUTING HAS CHANGED ITS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND THE LETHBRIDGE DISTRICT HAS BEEN ABSORBED INTO A WIDER GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. ON MAY 25TH 2000, OFFICE OFFICIALLY CLOSED BUY BOY SCOUTS STILL REMAIN IN OFFICE. DUE TO FEAR OF ITEMS LOSS THEY WERE GIVEN TO THE MUSEUM. SCOUTING IN LETHBRIDGE BEGAN IN 1914. SEE p20000041001-5-GA FOR MORE HISTORY ON SCOUTING IN LETHBRIDGE.; *UPDATE* IN 2021, TWO COLLECTIONS ASSISTANTS, RYLEY GELINAS AND O. E., CONDUCTED AN AUDIT OF THE ROLLED TEXTILE COLLECTION, INCLUDING OTHER ARTIFACTS WITHIN THIS COLLECTION. ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2021, AN INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED WITH RON SHIELDS TO DISCUSS A NUMBER OF OBJECTS RELATED THIS COLLECTION. NO FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE ARTIFACT WAS PROVIDED. FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR TO SEE THE FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE.