Sign the Petition: Save The Historic 29th Division Patch – 29th Division Association

Save the 29th ID unit patch!!! A congressional naming commission, an eight-member panel created last year, is scrutinizing the names of hundreds of U.S. military bases, as well as “symbols, displays, monuments and paraphernalia,” to identify and retire any that “commemorate” the Confederate States of America and its causes. The 29th Division logo is under consideration.

The military brass created the 29th Division 52 years after the Civil War by combining units from states with legacies on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line, including Maryland and Virginia. Its first administrative officer, James Ulio, designed its insignia around the yin-yang symbol, a figure that in Asian traditions signifies a balanced embrace of opposing forces. He made the left half blue to evoke Union uniforms and the right side gray — the color the Confederates wore.
Historians say U.S. military leaders hoped the formation of the 29th would help reconcile a divided nation, and the unit went on to make history in World War I and World War II. An estimated 15,000 to 16,000 troops wear its patch today, including soldiers who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Please sign the petition to show our leaders the patch means more to us than a piece of cloth and especially to those who passed away defending our nation while wearing it.