UNT Libraries: Rare Book & Texana Collections: Highlights of Specific Items in the Collections: 1947 Sons of the American Revolution Congress Delegate's Badge

Highlights of specific items in the collections:

National Society Sons of the American Revolution
Delegate's Badge for the 1947 57th Congress of the Society, Huntington, West Virginia.
Huntington, W. Va.: Sons of the American Revolution, 1947.
Manufactured by Whitehead-Hoag, Newark, N.J.
TXSSAR Badges National 1947

1947 Delegate's badge, National Congress, Sons of the American Revolution

Throughout the first half of the 20th century, delegates and their families attending the Annual Congresses of the Sons of the American Revolution would receive ornate badges to wear as name-badges, and as souvenirs of the Congress.

Detail of 1947 Delegate's badge.

This particular example, from the 57nd Congress, held in Huntington, West Virginia, is shaped like the state of West Virginia.

This badge was collected by Mr. Clovis H. Brakebill, a former President General of the Sons of the American Revolution. Mr. Brakebill gave it to Dr. James J. Johnson, who deposited it in the TXSSAR Archives in March 2004.