World Jamborees
Twenty World
Jamborees have been held since the first Jamboree was
held in 1920. Baden Powell attended five of
those Jamborees before his death in 1941. His
last participation in a World Jamboree, at age
81, was in Holland in 1937. The largest
attended Jamboree was the one held in England in 1929
with some 50,000 in attendance.
The first
Jamboree was held indoors in the arena of Olympia,
England. It was a huge glass-roofed building
covering six acres. The concrete floor had to be
covered with 12 inches of earth for the
competitions. For a complete story on the
first World Jamboree and how it came about, go to The
Jamboree Book. Here you will
also find the story of the Boy Scouts of America's
participation in the Jamboree at America
Contingent.
The Summit Bechtel Family National
Scout Reserve has been chosen as the site for
World Scout Jamboree 2019! The North American
Scout Associations (Boy Scouts of America,
Scouts Canada, and the Scout Association of
Mexico) won the bid to host the 24th World Scout
Jamboree.
Here is a
list of the World Jamborees and where they were
held:
| World Jamboree |
Location |
Year |
Theme |
Countries |
| 1st
World Jamboree |
England |
1920 |
|
34 |
| 2nd
World Jamboree |
Denmark |
1924 |
|
22 |
| 3rd
World Jamboree |
England |
1929 |
"Coming
Of Age" |
69 |
| 4th
World Jamboree |
Hungary |
1933 |
|
46 |
| 5th
World Jamboree |
Holland |
1937 |
|
54 |
| 6th
World Jamboree |
France |
1947 |
"Jamboree
Of Peace" |
38 |
| 7th
World Jamboree |
Austria |
1951 |
"Jamboree
Of Simplicity" |
41 |
| 8th
World Jamboree |
Canada |
1955 |
"New
Horizons" |
71 |
| 9th
World Jamboree |
England |
1957 |
"Jubilee" |
82 |
| 10th
World Jamboree |
The Philippines |
1959 |
"Building
Tomorrow Today" |
44 |
| 11th
World Jamboree |
Greece |
1963 |
"Scout
Higher And Wider" |
88 |
| 12th
World Jamboree |
United
States |
1967 |
"For
Friendship" |
105 |
| 13th
World Jamboree |
Japan |
1971 |
"For
Understanding" |
87 |
| 14th
World Jamboree |
Norway |
1975 |
"Five
Fingers, One Hand" |
91 |
| 15th
World Jamboree |
Canada |
1983 |
"The
Spirit Lives On" |
102 |
| 16th
World Jamboree |
Australia |
1987 |
"Bringing
The World Together" |
98 |
| 17th
World Jamboree |
South
Korea |
1991 |
"Many
Lands, One World" |
135 |
| 18th
World Jamboree |
The
Netherlands |
1995 |
"Future
Is Now" |
119 |
| 19th
World Jamboree |
Chile |
1999 |
"Building
Peace Together" |
157 |
| 20th World Jamboree |
Thailand |
2003 |
"Share
Our World, Share Our Culture" |
157 |
| 21st
World Jamboree |
United
Kingdom |
2007 |
"One
World, One Promise" |
150 |
| 22nd
World Jamboree |
Sweeden |
2011 |
"Simply
Scouting" |
166 |
23rd
World Jamboree
|
Japan
|
2015
|
"A
Spirit of Unity"
|
155
|
24th
World Jamboree
|
United
States
|
2019
|
"Unlock
a New World" |
159
|
25th World
Jamboree
|
Republic of Korea
|
2023
|
"Draw Your Dream" |
|
.
We have a
couple of pages of information about Scouts and
Leaders who attended one of these World
Jamborees. You can find their photo or story
as follows:
| Buffalo Trail
| Chisholm
Trail | Comanche
Trail | Concho Valley
| 2007
World Jamboree | World
Jamborees
|
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Updated: July 25, 2023
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