Silver Antelope Award
{{Short description|Territory-level service award of Scouting America}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2014}}
{{Infobox WorldScouting
|type=award
|name=Silver Antelope Award
|image=Silver Antelope Award.png
|caption=Silver Antelope medal and square knot
|f-date=1942
|owner=Scouting America
|country=United States
|members=3,329
|award-for=Distinguished service to youth in a territory
| next = Silver Buffalo Award
| prev = Silver Beaver Award
}}
The Silver Antelope Award is a distinguished service award presented by Scouting America for outstanding service to young people within one of the organization’s divisions. Since 2022 award has been presented for service to a Council Service Territory.
Recipients must be a registered adult member of Scouting America. Scouters may be nominated and selected for their efforts in the Council Service Territory or for service to the territory through a national committee.{{cite web |url=https://www.scouting.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024-Silver-Antelope-Nomination-Form_fillable.pdf|title=The Silver Antelope Award Nomination Form|publisher=Scouting America|access-date=February 14, 2025}} The award is approved and issued by the National Court of Honor.
Award
The award consists of a silver antelope suspended from a white and orange ribbon worn around the neck. Recipients may wear the corresponding square knot, with a white strand over an orange strand, on the Scouting America uniform.{{cite web |url=https://www.scouting.org/awards/awards-central/silver-antelop/|title=Silver Antelope Award |access-date=February 14, 2025 |publisher=Scouting America }}
History
The award was created in 1942 and first issued in 1943. An orange-white-orange ribbon bar was used for informal uniform wear until 1946, when ribbon bars were replaced by the current square knot insignia.{{cite web |url=http://www.sageventure.com/history/knothist/IllustratedHistoryofKnotEvolutionPart1.pdf |title=Illustrated History of BSA Square Knot Evolution and Private Issues |access-date=August 2, 2007 |work=SageVenture }} Using the United States Military as the model, silver awards are the highest awards in Scouting America.{{cite web |url=http://www.sageventure.com/history/silver |title=Silver Outranks Gold |work=SageVenture |access-date=November 11, 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2011/04/14/ask-the-expert-why-does-silver-outrank-gold-in-scouting-awards/|title=Ask the Expert: Why does silver outrank gold in Scouting awards?|date=April 14, 2011 |work=Scouting |access-date=November 11, 2011}}
From 1942 to 2021, the Silver Antelope recognized service within one of the geographical regions of Scouting America. Beginning in 2022, after the administrative reorganization of Scouting America, it is presented for service in a Council Service Territory.
From the first awards in 1943 through 2025, there have been only 3,329 recipients of the Silver Antelope. Famous recipients include President Gerald R. Ford (1975), General William C. Westmoreland (1969), Ernie Banks (1969), Philip M. Condit, CEO of Boeing (2007), Ross Perot (1974), Admiral Arleigh Burke (1964), Sanford McDonnell, CEO of McDonnell Douglas (1983), and several state governors.
See also
References
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