Camp Lafayette Staff Leaders – Ben Thomas (far left) and Clifton Lisle (3rd from right).
First Aid at Lafayette
1919 – Contributed by John B. Rettew III
Kennett Square Troop 1 practices first aid at Camp Lafayette.
Volleyball at Lafayette
1920 – Contributed by John B. Rettew III
Scouts gather for a game of volleyball at Camp Lafayette.
Lafayette Day Hike
1919 – Contributed by John B. Rettew III
Lafayette campers on a day hike.
Retreat Pyramid
1919 – Contributed by John B. Rettew III
Scouts form human pyramids in conjunction with a Retreat Ceremony at Camp Lafayette (at least that is what it looks like from this snapshot.)
Colors Ceremony at Lafayette
1919 – Contributed by John B. Rettew III
Colors ceremony at Camp Lafayette.
Retreat Ceremony at Lafayette
1919 – Contributed by John B. Rettew III
Retreat Ceremony procession at the Bungalows at Camp Lafayette.
Icedale Train Station
1919 – Contributed by John B. Rettew III
Scouts travelling to Camp Lafayette by train used the Icedale Station.
Overnight Hike
1919 – Contributed by John B. Rettew III
The buglar sounds his horn as campers line up with their horseshoe rolls for an overnight hike from Camp Lafayette.
Mess Hall and Tents
1919 – Contributed by John B. Rettew III
The Camp Lafayette Mess Hall and tents during the two year existence of the camp.
Lafayette Mess Hall
1919 – Contributed by John B. Rettew III
Camp Lafayette Mess Hall – this is where Cecil the cook held forth!
Lafayette Tents
1919 – Contributed by John B. Rettew III
Camp Lafayette Tents.
Ken Edwards
1920 – Contributed by John B. Rettew III
Ken Edwards (Malvern Troop 1) at Lafayette where he earned Camp Letter “L” patch.
Lafayette Campers
1919 – Contributed by John B. Rettew III
Lafayette campers ready for overnight with Horseshoe Roll Packs.
Atglen Troop 1
1919 – Contributed by John B. Rettew III
Atglen Troop 1 at Camp Lafayette
Locustdale Troop 1
1919 – Contributed by John B. Rettew III
Locustdale Troop 1 at Camp Lafayette.
Malvern Troop 1
1919 – Contributed by John B. Rettew III
Malvern Troop 1 at Camp Lafayette in 1919 or 1920 with Ben Thomas. From left to right, Ken Edwards, Ken Sowden, Bob Twisdale, Ben Thomas, Ray Mercer and Charlie Patterson.
Memorabilia
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Not much to display here in terms of memorabilia for Camp Lafayette, but if more becomes known, we will post it here.
See Also
Click HERE to see the museum’s main Memorabilia room.
This is the Lafayette Patch issued to campers of this short-lived camp of Chester County Council.
1919 – Contributed by Andrew Coe
Camp Lafayette Yearbook Articles
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Here are some articles about Camp Lafayette that appeared in the BSA Yearbooks of 1920 and 1921.
This article was published in the 1920Boy Scouts of America Yearbook, Chester County Council Pennsylvania and chronicles the first year at Camp Lafayette. HSRAA Alumni Association was lucky enough to borrow a copy of the yearbook from The World of Scouting Museum in Valley Forge. 1920 – Contributed by Robert K. McCarter
This article was published in the 1921Boy Scouts of America Yearbook, Chester County Council Pennsylvania and chronicles the second (also last) year at Camp Lafayette. HSRAA Alumni Association was lucky enough to borrow a copy of the yearbook from The World of Scouting Museum in Valley Forge. 1921 – Contributed by Robert K. McCarter
1919 Camp Lafayette Photos
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This collection of pictures were scanned from the 1920 Council Yearbook. Some of these pictures are duplicates of the originals that are now part of J. B. Rettew’s collection which also can be found in the Virtual Museum and in most cases are of better quality.
