[BenLurkin]

Really?

I was National Honor Society...I didn’t know there was regalia for me to wear.

[C19fan]

I did not get a regalia too but that was back in the mid 80s.

[VRWCmember]

I was National Honor Society...I didn’t know there was regalia for me to wear.

It probably varies. Back when I was a youngster, we got gold cords that we wore over our shoulders. These days, most chapters offer either gold cords or a collar or stole worn over the graduation gown.

[katana]

Same here. We were recognized at an assembly and as a group we had a picture in the year book. That was it, no really big deal. We had a couple National Merit Scholarship winners and they were recognized at an assembly too, but no graduation insignia.

Don't mean to disparage the wearing of honors stoles, but my daughter just graduated college with a BS in Aerospace magna cum laude with honors and for the two she had a couple special cords to wear around her neck, over her robe and notations on her diploma ... no stole like the Masters and PhD graduates.

Did this practice begin around the same time schools started holding graduation ceremonies for elementary and middle school kids, and teams began awarding participation trophies? That might put it into perspective.

[VRWCmember]

Here is an example: