Middle Tennessee Council Patches

NOW OPEN FOR 2023! - FRANKLIN THEN & NOW HISTORICAL TRAIL

Trail Medal Award

5th Anniversary Trail Medal

Trail Patch Award

5th Anniversary Trail Patch

Check out this great trail within Middle Tennessee Council which celebrated it's 5th anniversary in 2021 - The Franklin Then & Now Historical Trail. It is a 10 mile trail thru Franklin visiting all of the important civil war Battle of Franklin sites as well as other historic sites. A trail medal and trail patch both pictured above are available to all who complete the trail. Plus, this year we have special anniversary patches and medals! The trail was created by Wyatt Hall of Troop 137 as his Eagle Scout project in 2016 and was granted BSA Historic Trail status in June, 2017. While it is open all year, the best seasons to hike the trail are fall and spring. Put this trail on your troop calendar!

The aim of this website is to document the patches of Middle Tennessee Council and it's districts. While I am certain that there are many district activity patches of which I am not aware, I have included what I can.

I am always interested in buying or trading for MTC patches which I do not have. I would also like to acquire district activity patches as they are issued as I do not have a "source" in most districts. Also, even if you do not have extras for trade or sale, images for use on this website would be appreciated. Please e-mail to me at [email protected].

I have found that it is considerably easier to obtain vintage district camporee patches such as those from the 1960s and 1970s than those of the last fifteen years or so. I believe that there are several factors which contribute to this. Seldom do scouts purchase additional camporee patches for trading because they are generally not considered desirable in trading circles, and often additional patches are not even offered for sale at camporees, etc. So they are generally not available until the owner is no longer associated with scouting, and what's more....neither are his sons. Also, the newer camporee patches have so little value, that they are seldom offered on eBay or at trade-o-rees. The vintage patches however may be offered by dealers or traders because of an implied value.

I have only included on this website patches which I believe to be issued by Middle Tennessee Council and it's districts. Several of the district names are fairly common and used by multiple councils. For example Cherokee Districts also exist in neighboring Great Smoky Mountain Council and Old Kentucky Home Council. Dan Beard, (James E.) West, Central, Davy Crockett, Natchez Trace, Cogioba, Watauga, and Two Rivers are other districts that have at one time or another been in existence in other councils. I have only included patches I've found from these districts if I have reason to believe they are from our council. I have also not included generic camporee patches (patches that name no district or council) unless I believe they may have been used exclusively by MTC. For example, I have not included the 1960 jubilee camporee patch which was used in MTC but also used nationwide.

I would like to add that while there is some historical information on this site, this site is not meant to be a history of Middle Tennessee Council and I do not intend to add much historical information. However, if you seek such I suggest you visit Virtual Boxwell which has great historical information and photos of Boxwell Reservation and even includes some memorabilia history. You can also read "Boys Will Be Men" by Creighton and Johnson from 1983 which is a book on the history of MTC.

Listen to a podcast regarding this website on Jason Spangler's Scouting Hot Finds radio here!

I hope you enjoy this website, and feedback is always appreciated at [email protected].