Peninsula Council 595 Community Strips
Peninsula Council 595 was founded originally as Newport News Council in 1918, headquartered in Newport News, Virginia. In 1929 the name was changed to Peninsula Council. The council merged in 1992 with adjacent Old Dominion Council 601 of Suffolk, Virginia to form Colonial Virginia Council 595, with the new council headquartered in Newport News.
Before council shoulder patches were authorized by the National Office in the early 1970's Scouts wore community and state strips on the left shoulder of their uniform shirts. Early community strips (KRS) had red embroidered lettering on khaki twill for Scouts and gold lettering on blue twill (BGS) for Cubs. Later versions featured white lettering on a red twill strip (RWS). Below are examples of BGS, KRS and RWS emblems from communities served by Peninsula Council. If you are aware of others please let me know! Thanks to Larry Johnson for sharing pictures from his collection to make this page possible.
Have
Type
BDR
E
BKG
Peninsula Council Community Strips
No
RWS
WHT
C
RED
No
RWS
WHT
C
RED
 Dare
No
RWS
WHT
C
RED
 Denbigh
No
RWS
WHT
C
RED
 Edgehill
No
RWS
WHT
C
RED
 Fort Monroe
No
BGS
BLU
C
GLD
 Gloucester
No
RWS
WHT
C
RED
 Gloucester
No
RWS
WHT
C
RED
 Grafton
No
KRS
RED
C
KHA
 Hampton
No
RWS
WHT
C
RED
 Hampton
No
RWS
WHT
C
RED
 Langley Field
No
RWS
WHT
C
RED
 Langley Air Force Base
No
RWS
WHT
C
RED
 Mathews (need picture)
No
RWS
WHT
C
RED
 Naval Weapons Station
No
KRS
RED
C
KHA
 Newport News
No
RWS
WHT
C
RED
 Newport News
No
RWS
WHT
C
RED
 Poquoson (need picture)
No
RWS
WHT
C
RED
 Seaford
No
RWS
WHT
C
RED
 Stoneybrook
No
KRS
RED
C
KHA
 Warwick
No
RWS
WHT
C
RED
 Warwick
No
RWS
WHT
C
RED
 Whitemarsh
No
RWS
WHT
C
RED
 Williamsburg
No
RWS
WHT
C
RED
 Yorktown
Have? - is the patch in my collection?
BDR - emblem border color
CSP - Reference '98 Ed. of Aid to Collecting CSP's by Franck, Hook, Ellis, & Jones
JSP - Jamboree Shoulder Patch		 E - edge type (usually Rolled or Cut, may be Felt)
BKG - emblem background color
FDL - fleur de-lis
* - Reference Art Hyman's RWS Guide
PP - Pocket Patch
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