ORDER OF THE SPOON

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The Order of the Spoon is awarded on an ad hoc basis.   The award is a distinction, recognizing a particular action during a re-enactment or recognizing long-term service to the U. S. Frontier Brigade.
 
The choice of a spoon as a symbol dates back to an incident during the first Red River Campaign re-enactment.   Certain troops came to burn a woodpile so that it would not fall into "enemy" hands.   A civilian refugee tried to fend off the troops by using her wooden spoon as a weapon to prevent the burning of the woodpile.   The spoon failed miserably as a weapon, but it now serves as an exemplary symbol.
 
The spoon is now in the possession of the Keeper of the Spoon, and is brought to select events when new members have been selected for induction into The Order of the Spoon.