Choccolocco "Woven" Patches - Ft. McClellan

The BSA and the United States Military have long had a strong partnership, and this partnership was very evident with the Choccolocco Council and Fort McClellan located in Anniston, Alabama. From the 1950’s through the council’s consolidation in 1998 Fort McClellan served as the primary location for the council’s Scout-O-Rama held every two years. The above pictured patches were issued for the 1959 Choccolocco Council Scout-O-Rama held May 15^th – 17^th. The event, held in conjunction with Armed Services Day, was chaired by Colonel M.F. Halloran and Lesley Stephenson, a professional within the council, served as the Director of Program. Over 2,000 Scouts and Scouters participated in the event which included individual district campfires, troop and patrol competitions, and a Scout Show on Saturday night that featured the famed WAC Band perform. 

This is the only time the Choccolocco Council used a woven patch for an event, and the difference in the two issues are unknown. The woven pattern allowed for a finer detail in the patches, and this ranks as one of the most esthetic patches ever issued by the Choccolocco Council. These patches were made by Apatche, a prevalent manufacturer of woven patches from this timeframe. Most examples of woven patches from the late 1950’s and early 1960’s came from them.