Old Town High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, US Army

OLD TOWN HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS, US ARMY

Location: Old Town, Maine.

(Shoulder Sleeve Insignia)

(Shoulder Loop Insignia)

Official blazon

Shoulder Sleeve Insignia. Description: On a green disk 3 1/4 inches (8.26 cm) in diameter, edged with a 1/8 inch (.32 cm) black border, displaying Mount Katahdin (a mountain range in Northern Maine) in smoke gray and white with black silhouettes of evergreen trees. Arched at the top of the disk is the inscription “OLD TOWN” in white letters. Arched at the bottom of the disk is the inscription “INDIANS” also in white letters.

Shoulder Loop Insignia.  Description:  A silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in width overall in the shape of an Indian tribal symbol in green overlaid with the silhouette of a human figure sitting in a canoe holding an oar as if paddling downstream.  Behind the figure are two mountain peaks in silver and below the canoe is a black scroll inscribed “PRIDE” in base metal letters. 

Origin/meaning

Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: Green and white are the school’s colors. Mount Katahdin (a mountain range in Northern Maine) is the school’s mascot.

Shoulder Loop Insignia: Green and white are the school colors. The birchbark canoe was an important part of everyday life for the Penobscot and Tarratine Indian Tribes of Maine. Canoes are still being built today in Old Town, Maine on the very site where the Penobscot Indians built their canoes hundreds of years ago. Pride is the school’s motto.

The Shoulder Sleeve Insignia and Shoulder Loop Insignia was both approved 14 March 2005.

Literature: Images from The Institute of Heraldry, US Army.