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The National Scout jamboree is a gathering, or jamboree, of thousands of members of the Boy Scouts of America, usually held every four years and organized by the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Referred to as "the Jamboree", "Jambo", or NSJ, Scouts from all over the nation and world have the opportunity to attend.
The World Scout Jamboree is a Scouting jamboree of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, typically attended by several tens of thousands of Scouts from around the world, aged 14 to 17. At the jamboree, many scouts swap badges. The first World Scout Jamboree was organized by The Scout Association in London.
The 1st World Scout Jamboree was held from 30 July 1920 to 8 August 1920 and was hosted by the United Kingdom at Kensington Olympia in London. [1] 8,000 Scouts from 34 nations attended the event, which was hosted in a glass-roofed building covering an area of 6 acres (24,000 m 2).
World Scout Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) – an amateur radio event linking Scouts across the world; World Scout Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI) Jamboree on the Trail (JOTT) is an international day of hiking; Africa Scout Jamboree; Arab Scout Jamboree; Asia-Pacific Scout Jamboree; Caribbean Scout Jamboree, a gathering of Scouts from the Caribbean
The First National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America took place in 1937. Originally scheduled to take place in 1935 to celebrate their silver jubilee, an outbreak of polio in Washington, D.C. and the neighboring states, caused it to be canceled and pushed back, finally taking place from June 30 to July 9, 1937.
The Australian Scout Jamboree is a jamboree which used to be held every three years but is now held every four (like World Scout Jamborees) by Scouts Australia.The Jamboree is traditionally held in early January and typically runs for ten nights.
The 12th World Scout Jamboree was held from July 31 to August 9, 1967, and was hosted by the United States at Farragut State Park, in the Rocky Mountains of Idaho. It was the second World Scout Jamboree to take place in North America .
The 3rd World Scout Jamboree was held in 1929 at Arrowe Park in Upton, near Birkenhead, [1] [2] Wirral, United Kingdom. As it was commemorating the 21st birthday of Scouting for Boys and the Scouting movement, it is also known as the Coming of Age Jamboree. With about 30,000 Scouts and over 300,000 visitors attending, this jamboree was the ...