{"id":163,"date":"2008-11-11T11:47:14","date_gmt":"2008-11-11T15:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tenmilerivertrader.com\/blog\/?p=163"},"modified":"2008-11-11T11:47:14","modified_gmt":"2008-11-11T15:47:14","slug":"siesta-merit-badge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tenmilerivertrader.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/11\/siesta-merit-badge\/","title":{"rendered":"Siesta Merit Badge"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently acquired a leather TMR neckerchief slide from 1974, Siesta Merit Badge.\u00c2\u00a0 While I was on staff in Family Camp that year I don’t have a specific memory of the issue.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve seen these over the years, but only recently picked one up.<\/p>\n

I understand it was an official issue and used at least in Camp Kunatah.\u00c2\u00a0 Can anyone provide details on the requirements or how it was earned?\u00c2\u00a0 My assumption is it would be for that period after lunch, circa 1:00 PM until program areas reopened at 2:00 PM.<\/p>\n

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1974 Siesta Merit Badge Slide<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recently acquired a leather TMR neckerchief slide from 1974, Siesta Merit Badge.\u00c2\u00a0 While I was on staff in Family Camp that year I don’t have a specific memory of the issue.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve seen these over the years, but only recently picked one up. I understand it was an official issue and used at least…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ten-mile-river-modern","wpcat-3-id"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Tidi-2D","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2277,"url":"http:\/\/www.tenmilerivertrader.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/11\/ten-mile-river-scoutmaster-merit-badge-hat-patch\/","url_meta":{"origin":163,"position":0},"title":"Ten Mile River Scoutmaster Merit Badge Hat Patch","author":"Bill Mulrenin","date":"November 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Ten Mile River Scout Camps has created a Scoutmaster Merit Badge program to further engage adult leaders while they are at camp. 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