Section SR-7 was formed in April of 1993, immediately after the final conclaves of Sections SE-7 and SE-8, as part of the national realignment of the Order of the Arrow from 6 national regions to 4. The 7 Virginia lodges that comprised SE-8 were split, with Tutelo, Shenshawpotoo, and Shenandoah Lodges moving to the new SR-6, and Kecoughtan, Blue Heron, Nawakwa, and Chanco combining with no fewer than 10 North Carolina Lodges to form SR-7.
The first conclave of the new Section SR-7 was hosted by Keyauwee Lodge 70 on April 15-17, 1994, at Old North State Scout Reservation, (now Cherokee Scout Reservation) near Yanceyville, NC. SR-7 patches are not plentiful, since few were issued and the Section only lasted 4 years before a national realignment on January 1, 1997 reunited the Virginia Lodges into the new Section SR-7A. As a result there are only about a dozen patches from the short-lived Section SR-7.
I was fortunate recently to add a neckerchief and jacket patch from this 1994 SR-7 conclave, and a jacket patch from the 1996 conclave hosted by Blue Heron to my collection, and you can find images of them on the SR-7/SR-7A web page. If you are aware of any other issues from SR-7 that I don't have listed please let me know!
Credit to Robert Higgins' indispensable OA Section List web site for documenting the many and complex realignments of OA lodges throughout its history.
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