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The 9th World Scout Jamboree, also known as the Jubilee Jamboree, was held at Sutton Park, Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England, for twelve days during August 1957. The Jamboree marked dual milestones as it was both the 50th anniversary of the Scouting movement since its inception at Brownsea Island and the 100th anniversary of ...
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 21st World Scout Jamboree was held in July and August 2007 and formed a part of the Scouting 2007 Centenary celebrations of the world Scout Movement.The event was hosted by the United Kingdom, as 2007 marked the 100th anniversary of the founding of Scouting on Brownsea Island.
5th Malaysian Scout Jamboree [13] [14] [15] 8 South Korea: Muju, Jeollabuk-do: 1982: 6th Korean National Jamboree [16] 9 Thailand: Vajiravudh National Scout Camp, Chonburi: November 1985: 11th Thailand Jamboree [17] 10 India: Hyderabad: 1987: 11th Indian National Jamboree [18] 11 New Zealand: Mystery Creek, Hamilton: 3 January 1990 – 11 ...
The word "jamboree" is used primarily by the Scouting program following the first Boy Scout jamboree in 1920. Baden-Powell is said to have deliberately chosen the name "jamboree" where attendees were warmly welcomed attending this first Boy Scout rally or meeting with the word "jambo", but see Etymology, above.
Scouts, often referred to as the Scout section to differentiate itself from the wider movement and its parent organisation, is a section of Scouting run by The Scout Association for ten and a half to fourteen year old young people. [2] The section follows on from Cub Scouts (8-10½ year olds) and precedes Explorer Scouts (14-18 year olds). [2]
Celebrating the 100th birthday of the Scout Movement in Austria, a jubilee jamboree, named "urSPRUNG 2010 – Austrian Jubilee Jamboree", took place on the palace grounds of Laxenburg Castle in August 2010 (2–12 August). [3] [4] The Austrian National Jamborees of 1936 [5]: 109 and 1961 [5]: 190 [6] also took place on the same grounds.