1935 -1st National Jamboree (Canceled)

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1st National Jamboree
Boys Scouts of America
Washington, D. C.


Poster for the 1st National Jamboree		Emblem of the 1935 Jamboree

The 1st National Jamboree was scheduled for Washington, D. C. for August of 1935. The invitations went out and Scouts from across the country prepared for this great event marking the 25th anniversary of Scouting in America. An outbreak of polio early in the summer caused the cancellation of the Jamboree. It was rescheduled and held in the summer of 1937. If you look at the Jamboree emblem on the poster, you will see the center device is the capitol dome. This theme is matched by the background illustration on the poster. The poster for the 1937 Jamboree features the Washington Monument (actually, the geographic center of the Jamboree camp. You will see the design repeated, with the Washington Monument replacing the Capitol in the 1937 Jamboree emblem at the top of this page.

		Home Page of the 1st National Jamboree
		1st National Jamboree Jamboree Photo Gallery Maps, Aerial Views and Photos
		"Scouts National Jamboree" Cover story from Time Magazine, July 12, 1937.
		Dr. George Fisher, Deputy Chief Scout Executive, described the Jamboree in "The Nations Capital Captured by 27,232 youth At Our First National Jamboree" from Boy Scouts of America, The National and World Jamboree in Pictures, 1937.
		Shortly after the close of the 1st National Jamboree in Washington, 1000 Scouts and leaders travelled to Holland to represent the Boy Scouts of America at the 5th World Jamboree at Vogelenzang in the Netherlands.
		Baden-Powell Photo Gallery Baden-Powell at the World Jamborees Links to the World Jamborees, 1920-1937

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