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{{Infobox WorldScouting | type = event | image = Scouts-wj1920.gif | caption | Official badge | name = 1st World Scout Jamboree | location = [[Olympia, England|Olympia]], London | country = United Kingdom | f-date = [[1920-07-30]] to [[1920-08-08]] | members = 8,000 Scouts}} | {{Infobox WorldScouting | type = event | image = Scouts-wj1920.gif | caption | Official badge | name = 1st World Scout Jamboree | location = [[Olympia, England|Olympia]], London | country = United Kingdom | f-date = [[1920-07-30]] to [[1920-08-08]] | members = 8,000 Scouts}} | ||
The '''1st World Scout Jamboree''' was held from [[1920-07-30]] to [[1920-08-08]] and was hosted by the United Kingdom at [[Olympia, England|Kensington Olympia]] in | The '''1st World Scout Jamboree''' was held from [[1920-07-30]] to [[1920-08-08]] and was hosted by the United Kingdom at [[Olympia, England|Kensington Olympia]] in London. 8,000 [[Scouting|Scouts]] from 34 nations attended the event, which was hosted in a glass-roofed building covering an area of 6 acres. | ||
It was at this event that [[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell|Baden-Powell]], the founder of Scouting, was acclaimed the [[Chief Scout (United Kingdom)|Chief Scout]] of the World. | It was at this event that [[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell|Baden-Powell]], the founder of Scouting, was acclaimed the [[Chief Scout (United Kingdom)|Chief Scout]] of the World. | ||
