Black Eagle Lodge #482
A 1999 Honor Lodge
Chartered to Transatlantic Council #802,Heidelberg,
Germany
update submitted 4/28/00 by Chuck Kirkland , Nacha Chuppacat
Chapter Member, Black Eagle Lodge. This is an unofficial
lodge webpage.
Visit the Black Eagle Museum and see the patch history
of Black Eagle Lodge
Black Eagle Lodge was first chartered on September
25, 1952. Initially, the lodge did not have a name or
totem. In the fall of 1952, lodge founder Mr. Walter
Buote and other OA members in the Heidelberg area
conducted elections in troops as far away as
Giessen, West Germany. That same fall, the first lodge
Ordeal, Fellowship, and Training Conference was held in
the Tompkins Woods Training Area near Mannheim.
In the spring of 1953 another combined Ordeal and Lodge
Fellowship and Training Conference was held in central
West Germany. At this event the first Lodge Chief, Hudson
B. Phillips, Jr. was elected, and the lodge totem and name
were selected. The Black Eagle is the symbol of the former
Federal Republic of Germany where the lodge was founded.
The lodge inducted their first Vigils, Hudson B.
Phillips, Jr. and John A. Phillips, on September 1,
1953. By the end of 1953, there were 75 members in
Black Eagle Lodge; 61 were new Ordeal members.
In 1955, the lodge formed chapters to coincide with the
districts of Transatlantic Council. The initial lodge area
served the civilian and military families on duty in Germany
and Austria. By 1959, the service area was expanded to include
other military facilities in Europe, the Near East, and in
North Africa. Today, Black Eagle serves more land area than
any other lodge in the Order and therefore relies heavily on
its chapter structure. Chapters and the countries they serve
are as follows:
Namassakett - serving the United Kingdom
Montowagon - serving France, Belgium, Luxembourg,and the Netherlands
Lakota - serving Baumholder, Bitburg, Spangdahlem, Kaiserslautern,
Sembach, Landstuhl, Bad Kreuznach, and Ramstein, Germany
Nacha Chuppacat - serving Heidelberg, Mannheim, Karlshrue, Worms
and Stuttgart, Germany
Aschewon Woapalanne - serving Hohenfels, Grafenwoehr, Vilseck,
Hanau, Bamberg, Aschaffenburg,Frankfurt,Wiesbaden, Darmstadt,
Wurzburg, Munich, Schweinfurt and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany,
Mamchachwelendam - serving Italy, Spain, Greece and Turkey.
Amangi Wapsu Wachtschu - serving Switzerland
Somewhere before 1964, the lodge became inactive. In that year,
Scout Executive Bob Rusby, District Executive Manuel Blanco,
Walter Buote, Luke Rogers and a few others got together and
on Oct 1, 1964 they revived the lodge. Each District in the
council would have a chapter and the lodge would now be active
in all areas of the council. Black Eagle is the largest lodge
in area of land mass and has scouts in Europe, Asia and Africa.
The following were the initial chapters of the lodge. If you
know the chapters for the one that are currently unknown
please drop us a line.
Crusader - Nache Nimats Chapter
Edelweis - Ni'Na Caw Yu Chapter
Fleur De Lis - Woapalanne Sukeu Chapter
Mayflower - Namassakett Chapter (Still Active)
Mediterranean - Etruscan
Neckerwald - Black Stallion Chapter
North Star - Lowaneu Allanque Chapter
Rhein/Pfalz - Unknown
Rhineland - Teton Chapter
Spain/Morocco - Nache Nimats
In the summer of 1967, Black Eagle Lodge
had a conclave at Camp Mohawk in England. Over 200 arrowmen
boarded the train in Frankfurt and began a journey that took
them to Ostend, Belgium where they crossed the channel to
England. This trip was of an extended nature as they spent
time in London, continued on to Gilwell and finally to Camp Mohawk.
Trips to Stonehenge and Windsor Castle were also included.
Each spring and fall Black Eagle hosts a fellowship at Camp
Freedom, the main council camp. Service is also provided to Camp
Baden-Powell in England. The lodge also holds an annual winter
banquet and training conference at the beginning of each
calendar year. This banquet rotates among the chapters, and
was held in 2000 at Kleber Kaserne in Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Lodge elections are held every May, with new officers being
installed in September. The lodge chief holds a seat on the
Transatlantic Council Executive Committee. The lodge conducts
officer training once a year, and hosts a breakfast for members at
Transatlantic Council Training Conferences. In addition to the
lodge fellowships, chapters in Black Eagle Lodge hold fellowships
each year in Italy, Turkey, Germany, the Benelux region, and Great
Britain.
Prior to the 1973 BSA Region realignment, Black Eagle was not part
of an Area but was serviced out of the Field Operations Division
of the National Headquarters. On January 1, 1973 Black Eagle was
assigned to Section NE-3A (Metropolitan New York) where they
remained until June 1982, when they joined the newly formed NE-6
which became NE-4C in 1994. With the latest realignment, Black Eagle
now resides as a member of NE-2B effective January 1998.
Although its distance from the
continental United States prevents regular participation in
section activities, Black Eagle is consistently represented at
National Order of the Arrow Conferences.
Black Eagle Lodge, continues to serve cheerfully as it approaches it's
50th year of service to Transatlantic Council and the U.S. Military
Community in Europe. Black Eagle Lodge's membership, being primarily
made up of Military members and their families, is in the unique
position of having alumni in lodges all over the
United States.
In 1983, during a move of the Transatlantic Council headquarters
from Tompkins Barracks, Heidelberg to Stem Kaserne, Mannheim,
all of Black Eagle Lodge's historical records were lost. The
lodge adviser has taken on the task of compiling a history
of the lodge. Since no records prior to 1983 exist, he needs
help from former members. Those interested in contributing
memorabilia, photos(including photos of patches), old lodge
newsletters, officer and adviser rosters, even memoirs, should
contact:
Dave Hulteen,
293d BSB-CDOIM, Unit 29901, APO AE 09098.
Anything would be greatly appreciated.
(Email: filofox@bunt.com)
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