My Great Grandfather

10 October 2012







World Scouting Jamboree held in Holland in 1937 at Vogelenzang.  The 5th World Jamboree and the last one attended by Baden Powell. Due to the war, the next Jamboree would be 10 years later.


The Jamboree in VogelenzangBloemendaal in the Netherlands was opened on 1937-07-31 by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, with 28,750 Scouts from 54 countries attending. Given 650 water taps and 120 showers, it was considered the cleanest jamboree to date.
















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