Editing Order of the Arrow (section)

==Ceremonies and symbols==
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[[File:President Trump at the Presentation of the Boy Scouts' Report to the Nation (49626974288).jpg|thumb|150px|Presentation of the Annual Report to President [[Donald Trump|Trump]] in 2020, with a Scout wearing the Vigil Honor white sash]]

Various symbols are used to identify members of the Order of the Arrow. Members are issued a white sash embroidered with a red arrow upon completion of their Ordeal. Arrowmen who achieve Brotherhood and Vigil Honor receive slightly different sashes. Additionally, each lodge produces a pocket flap to be worn by its members. It is sewn permanently to the right-hand shirt pocket while the sash is only used in formal settings.<ref>{{Cite web |last=magazine |first=Scouting |date=2015-10-12 |title=Learn more about the OA's sashes and what they represent |url=https://scoutingmagazine.org/2015/10/learn-more-about-the-oas-sashes-and-what-they-represent/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=Scouting magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>

There are four ceremonies following the election of a scout to the Order of the Arrow:
* Call-Out (public)
* Induction (Ordeal) (safeguarded)
* Brotherhood (safeguarded)
* Vigil Honor (safeguarded)

The requirements to take part in the ceremonies are public but the content of the ceremonies is considered safeguarded and shared only with legitimately concerned adults.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://oa-bsa.org/safeguarded-material | title=Safeguarded Material &#124; Order of the Arrow, Boy Scouts of America }}</ref>

Ceremonies also utilize the organization’s song, commonly referred to by its first line of lyrics as "Firm Bound in Brotherhood", and titled "Order of the Arrow Official Song" and "The Order of the Arrow Song" in the printed music score of official OA publications.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 1965 |title=Order of the Arrow Handbook Foreward |url=https://archive.org/details/orderofarrowhand0000unkn/mode/2up |access-date=March 14, 2024 |publisher=Order of the Arrow}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Ceremony for the Brotherhood |publisher=Boy Scouts of America |year=1999 |page=18 |id=34994A}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Ceremony for the Ordeal |publisher=Boy Scouts of America |year=1999 |page=14}}</ref> It was written in 1921 by OA founder [[E. Urner Goodman]] to the tune of the Russian hymn "[[God Save the Tsar!]]" composed by [[Alexei Lvov]] in 1833.<ref name="block">{{Cite book |last=Block |first=Nelson |title=A Thing of the Spirit, The Life of E. Urner Goodman |publisher=Boy Scouts of America |year=2000}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sanchez |first=Diana |title=The Hymns of the United Methodist Hymnal |publisher=Abingdon Press |year=1989 |isbn=0-687-43149-2 |location=Nashville, Tennessee}}</ref><ref name="Tiwahe Song">{{Cite web |title=Order of the Arrow Song |url=https://oa.sdicbsa.org/order-arrow-song |access-date=March 14, 2024 |publisher=Tiwahe Lodge}}</ref>