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{{infobox WorldScouting | type=event| image = 1955worldjamboree.jpg | caption = 8th World Scout Jamboree | name = 8th World Scout Jamboree | location = | {{infobox WorldScouting | type=event| image = 1955worldjamboree.jpg | caption = 8th World Scout Jamboree | name = 8th World Scout Jamboree | location = Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario | country = Canada | members = 11,000 Scouts| f-date = 1955}} | ||
The '''8th World Scout Jamboree''' was held in [[1955]] and was hosted by Canada at | The '''8th World Scout Jamboree''' was held in [[1955]] and was hosted by Canada at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. The Jamboree saw the introduction of the [[World Crest|World Membership Badge]] which is still worn on the uniforms of Scouts the world over.<ref>{{cite web | author= Walton, Mike | year= 1999| title=The World Crest Badge...(and why do we *all* wear it?) | work= | url=http://www.mninter.net/~blkeagle/crest.htm | publisher = | accessdate=21 December | accessyear=2006}}</ref> | ||
This was the first World Jamboree to be held in the Western Hemisphere (indeed, the first outside of Europe). [[Image:World_Scout_Jamboree_Stamp.jpg|thumb|left|The Jamboree was heralded by a commemorative stamp issued in 1955.]]The setting was a rolling parkland on the Commons of [[Fort George, Ontario|Fort George National Historic Site]]. More than 11,000 Scouts from 71 countries and colonies attended this gathering, which was notable for the number of Scout contingents that crossed the Atlantic by air to attend - 1,000 from Great Britain alone. | This was the first World Jamboree to be held in the Western Hemisphere (indeed, the first outside of Europe). [[Image:World_Scout_Jamboree_Stamp.jpg|thumb|left|The Jamboree was heralded by a commemorative stamp issued in 1955.]]The setting was a rolling parkland on the Commons of [[Fort George, Ontario|Fort George National Historic Site]]. More than 11,000 Scouts from 71 countries and colonies attended this gathering, which was notable for the number of Scout contingents that crossed the Atlantic by air to attend - 1,000 from Great Britain alone. | ||
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