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	First National Jamboree - 1937
	The first national Jamboree was held in Washington D.C in July 1937. For ten days over 25,000 Scouts attended the event. Region campsites were set up around the Washington Monument and Tidal Basin area. Major radio networks NBC, CBS and Mutual broadcast extensively to listeners coast-to-coast. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a major supporter of the Scouting movement, visited the event. "Every morning and afternoon there were optional sightseeing expeditions! to the Capitol, Mt. Vernon, Arlington etc. etc. Scouts swarmed through Washington buying films for their perpetual photographing. On six nights there were "arena displays' given at the foot of the Washington Monument by Scouts of two regions (there are twelve in the U. S.). One afternoon there was a Sea Scout regatta, one evening a fireworks display. But more fascinating than spectacles, drills or speeches by oldsters about Scout ideals was the extra-curricular activity in which all 25,000 assiduously engaged—swapping." -Time Magazine, July 12, 1937


	Boys Life announcing the First National Jamboree


	First National Jamboree patch

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