Order
of the Arrow
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What
is the Order of the Arrow?
The
Order of the Arrow is Scouting's National Honor Society.
Purpose
The purpose of the Order of the Arrow is fourfold:
- To
recognize those Scout campers who best exemplify
the Scout Oath and Law in their daily lives
- To
develop and maintain camping traditions and spirit
- To
promote Scout camping
- To
crystallize the Scout habit of helpfulness into
a life purpose of leadership in cheerful service
to others
History
The Order of the Arrow (OA) was founded by Dr. E.
Urner Goodman and Carroll A. Edson in 1915 at the
Treasure Island Camp of the Philadelphia Council,
Boy Scouts of America. It became an official program
experiment in 1922 and was approved as part of the
Scouting program in 1934.
In 1948
the OA, recognized as the BSA's national brotherhood
of honor campers, became an official part of the national
camping program of the Boy Scouts of America.
Learn more at the Order of the Arrow's National Website
