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OWL BADGES ISSUES NEW REPORT ON HOW OFFICIAL BADGES FOSTER TRUST BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS AND CITIZENS
Owl Badges works directly with departments to ensure each badge balances official requirements with community-specific visual ...
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How the History of Merit Badges Is Also a Cultural History of the United States
April White; Research by Zoe Sayler and Samantha Spengler - Author, The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier At first glance, there’s ...
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Copper Neck Tags Evoke the Experience of American Slaves Hired Out as Part-Time Laborers
It seems, at first glance, an innocuous if enigmatic artifact, a copper medallion 1.5 inches square, rough-edged and engraved with the words "Charleston. 571. Porter. 1856." But the inscription ...