1st National Jamboree: Scouts Salute as the Flags are Raised at the Opening

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1st National Jamboree
Boy Scouts of America
The Presidential Review

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Scouts Salute as the Flags are Raised at the Opening of the National Jamboree

Boy Scouts of America, The National
and World Jamboree in Pictures, 1937

The Jamboree Opens

"After months of planning and foreseeing thousands of details from water supply and food to hospitalization, transportation and excursions -- the Jamboree was officially opened by President Walter W. Head and Dr. James E. West. Sharp at 9 A. M. cannon and air bombs announced the raising of the flags. On the Avenue of Flags before the Camp Chief's tent, to the tune of the appropriate music, Scouts from 24 countries raised their own flags, as the Stars and Stripes ... took the breeze.

"At the same hour, the Stars and Stripes were hoisted in an appropriate ceremony in each of the 20 sections of the giant camp -- and the Jamboree was "on."

"That night, when dusk had fallen as had a bit of rain, the opening campfire was held in the big Arena. Greetings were presented from the President of the United States by the Secretary of Commerce, Hon. Daniel C. Roper -- songs were sung. National Scout Commissioner, Daniel Carter Beard lighted the campfire with flint and steel -- and "Scouts from everywhere" met each other all together for the first thrill of such a meeting -- at the base of the towering Washington Monument.

"Here Scouts, Leaders and visitors alike were touched by the sense of bigness -- bigness of the crowd, the Movement, our Nation, and the bigness of life itself."

From Boy Scouts of America, The National and World Jamboree in Pictures, 1937

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