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OA membership and Lodge affiliation are indicated by the wearing of the lodge emblem (commonly known as a lodge flap), an embroidered patch is worn on the right pocket flap of the uniform shirt. Each lodge flap has a unique design, generally reflecting the name, geography or history of the lodge.
OA Leader Wearing the Triangle Vigil Sash in 1921. On October 7 and 8, 1921, the First Grand Lodge Meeting took place in Philadelphia and hosted by the Unami and Unalachtgo Lodges. The organization was ready to have a national structure. Inspired by the Freemasons, all the "known" lodges would become members of the Grand Lodge.
The Order of the Arrow (OA), previously known as Wimachtendienk Wingolauchsik Witahemui (WWW) is the honor society of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), [4] composed of Scouts and Scouters who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law in their daily lives as elected by their peers.
Written on the sash at the bottom of the coat of arms is Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono, the phrase spoken by King Kamehameha III when the sovereignty of the Kingdom was restored on July 31, 1843, after the Paulet affair. The motto translates to "The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness". [1] [2] [3]
Recipients also are given a different sash, similar to the Brotherhood sash but with a triangle with three small arrows in the middle of the main arrow. The National OA office issues a Vigil Honor certificate recognizing this honor with the honoree's given name and the Vigil Honor name in both translations.
Knight Grand Cross: Knights Grand Cross wore the badge of the Order dependent from a broad red sash, which was edged by a narrow white stripe on each side; the sash was worn over the bearer's right shoulder, its bow (from which the badge, sometimes decorated with brilliants, depended) resting on his left hip. The breast star was an octagonal ...
Before the uniform changes in 1885, the guard wore Prussian pickelhaubes. [21] [22] [23] The Royal Guard's historical uniform and helmet represent the Hawaii National Guard at the National Guard Heritage Room at Joint Base Fort Myer-Henderson Hall in Virginia, and are currently the only unit in the U.S. Military authorized to wear a pith helmet.
Līloa's Kāʻei (Liloa's Sash) or Kāʻei Kapu o Liloa (the sacred sash of Līloa) is the sacred feathered sash of Līloa, king of the Big Island of Hawaiʻi. The Statue of Kamehameha the Great, commissioned by King Kalākaua, displayed the kāʻei. [1] It is in the collection of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu.