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Centennial 2015

News and updates pertaining to the Order of the Arrow's centennial anniversary in 2015.

Centennial Update: NOAC Commemorative Sash

The 2015 National Order of the Arrow Conference will be marked by a special commemorative red sash given to each...

Centennial Update: Young Arrowman spreads cheerful service beyond the sash

The United Methodist Church’s Good Samaritan Award is a distinguished honor for those who do unselfish acts that have a...

Centennial Update: Administering NOAC: Youth Committees and Leadership

The idea of the Order of the Arrow as a youth led organization can be seen on all levels—from chapter...

Ask the Chairman: New Ordeal members and the Arrowman Service Award

Q. Mr. Capp, I am trying to find out if new ordeal members that have been inducted in the summer of...

Centennial Update: Preserving the Past: Lodge Rock Submission for Legacy Lodges

The opportunity to making a lasting memory of a merged/non-active lodge has been extended. The National Order of the Arrow...

Centennial Update: Learn how the OA will give service to the 2017 Jamboree with Operation Arrow

SERVICE CORPS In 1948, the OA Service Corps led a very small staff of Arrowmen to provide service to the national...

Ask the Chairman - Legacy Project Lodge History Book

Q. Our Lodge is working on the Legacy Project history book. To whom should we send our lodge history PDF?...

Lodge Ledger: Last call for lodge history books

On display at NOAC were over 200 finalized and in-draft lodge history books. Now, as the centennial celebration draws to...

Ask the Chairman - How can I submit my updated lodge history book?

Q. Hello Ray, I am the historian for my lodge and I have updated our lodge history book to include the...

Centennial Update: Wisconsin governor, legislature commemorate the Order’s centennial anniversary

Recently, the state legislature in Wisconsin passed a resolution to commemorate the Order’s centennial anniversary. Governor Scott Walker, a Distinguished...

Boy Scouts of America Resolution Celebrating the Centennial Anniversary of the Order of the Arrow

WHEREAS, in the fledgling years of Scouting, E. Urner Goodman, a young camp director, and Carroll A. Edson, his assistant,...

Spirit Through the Ages: Langundowi Lodge History

Located in Northwestern Pennsylvania, Langundowi Lodge was founded in 1972 with the merger of Eriez Lodge 46, Hoh-Squa-Sa-Gah-Da Lodge 251,...