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 At last night's Court of Honor I put out a display of merit badges and some Senior Scout items. This was the post summer camp COH where the Scouts would be awarded a haul (over 200) merit badges. My display included Eagle Scout sashes with medals and my personal collection of merit badges in the black portfolio.
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Vintage eBay Scout Auctions This Weekend
Probably the funnest part about displaying merit badges is getting the Scouts to see all the discontinued merit badges and getting them thinking. I talked to them about the farming badges and how the designs have changed over the years. Even they can appreciate how Computers and Journalism merit badge have evolved over the years.
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Boy Scout Memorabilia Auctions on eBay
My own Scout was awarded Second Class last night along with a handful of merit badges she earned at Camp Barstow. Maybe the coolest thing is that I was also approached by the 4th Scout in my troop that wants to work on staff next summer at Barstow. They had a great time and I think they see that summer camp is a magical place when you go all in.
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Auctions Ending Friday & Saturday on eBay
The person who was most interested in my merit badge display was a dad who never was a Boy Scout growing up. It sounded like he never really had a chance to be in a troop but just looking at all the opportunities to learn he was blown away. My goal was to get some of the Scouts thinking about the history that they are now part of and hopefully plant some seeds.
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Patchblanket eBay Santeeswapper Store
 I am listing the items from the recent
unboxing video on my website for sale. I had hoped to have all of them up but my employee has been out all week so I'm playing catch up. My wife gave me a "patch pass" to work until 5 PM tonight at the warehouse so if I can get all caught up on shipping I will get more up.
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Some of you will appreciate this last story. I knew one of the dad's in the troop had an old VW bus (which you know I'm a fan of). Last night he drove it to the COH so that I could see if for the first time. After the event was over he showed me his 1967 21-window Samba edition VW bus. For any of you who speak that language that's the Shelby Cobra of VW buses. It's been in his family since 1974 and it's what he came home from the hospital in. He offered to let me ride up to a VW show in Shelby, NC with him in a few weeks and I'm begging my wife to let me tag along.
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Have a great weekend,
Jason Spangler
Santeeswapper LLC
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Click to pull up the fliers for Trade-O-Rees that I have fliers on. Please contact the sponsors in order to see more details. If you see a TOR that is not listed please email me and let me know. Likewise I'm always looking to add more shows so send me the fliers as you get them. You can always find the Trade-O-Ree calendar on
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- Occoneechee Lodge 104 Trade-O-Ree, August 23-24, 2019, Carthage, NC
- 14th Annual Capitol Area Trade-O-Ree - August 30-31, 2019 - Austin, TX
- Sequassen Alumni Trade-O-Ree September 6-7, 2019 New Hartford, CT
- 17th Annual Grand Teton Council Trade-O-Ree, September 20-21, 2019, Idaho Falls, ID
- Greater Niagara Frontier Council Trade-O-Ree, September 20-21, 2019, Williamsville, NY
- Greater Tampa Bay Area Trade-O-Ree, September 20-21, 2019, Tampa, FL
- Atlanta Area Council Trade-O-Ree - September 27-28, 2019
- Chumash Lodge 1st Annual Tradoree - October 4-5, 2019 - Lompoc, CA
- Ed Harris Trade-O-Ree - October 4-5, 2019 - Portland, OR
- 27th Annual Central Ohio Trade-O-Ree - October 11-12, 2019 - Hilliard, OH
- Unami Lodge Trade-O-Ree - October 18-19, 2019 Pottsdown, PA
- EL-KU-TA Memorabilia Trade-O-Ree and Auction, October 25-26, 2019, South Salt Lake City, UT
- New England Trade-O-Ree, October 25-26, 2019, Manchester, NH
- 41st Annual Three Harbors Council Trade-O-Ree - November 1-2, 2019 - Milwaukee, WI
- 2nd Annual Kia Kima Alumni Association Trade-O-Ree - November 1-2, 2019 - Cordova, TN
- 5th Annual Cincinnati Area Scout Memorabilia Show, November 8-9, 2019, Aurora, IN
- 31st Annual Greater St. Louis Trade-O-Ree - November 22-23, 2019 - St. Louis, MO
- 24th Annual Kintecoying Lodge #4 Trade-O-Ree - November 23, 2019 - Alpine, NJ
- Santee Lodge Trade-O-Ree, January 4, 2020, Florence, SC
- 30th Annual South Carolina Trade-O-Ree, January 17-18, 2020, Easley, SC
- 42nd Annual Dallas Trade-O-Ree, January 24-25, 2020, Grapevine, TX
- 28th Annual Crossroads of America Trade-O-Ree, January 31-February 1, 2020, Indianapolis, IN
- Norfolk / Virginia Beach Trade-O-Ree - February 28-29, 2020 - Virginia Beach, VA
- 36th Annual Pittsburgh Trade-O-Ree, March 13-14, 2020, Bridgeville, PA
- 12 Annual Great Lakes Field Service Council Memorabilia Show & Trade-O-Ree - March 13-14, 2020 - Metamora, MI
- 21st Annual Allentown Trade-O-Ree, April 4, 2020, Orefield, PA
- Pre-NOAC Trade-O-Ree, August 1-3, 2020, Lansing, MI
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