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{{infobox WorldScouting | type=event| image = 1955worldjamboree.jpg | caption = 8th World Scout Jamboree | name = 8th World Scout Jamboree | location = | {{ThisPageWasImported}} | ||
{{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 | 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 | 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. | ||
There are some incredible tales of the efforts made by Scouts to attend the Jamboree, with the | There are some incredible tales of the efforts made by Scouts to attend the Jamboree, with the New Zealand contingent leaving 4 months ahead of the event and traveling over 30,000 miles on the way. There were also three Brazilian Scouts who arrived after traveling by jeep from their hometown.<ref>http://www.scout.org/en/information_events/events/world_events/world_jamboree/jamborees_history</ref> | ||
The 50th Anniversary of the Jamboree was celebrated in September of 2005 at which time a plaque<ref>http://wj55.org/graphics/wj55-plaque.jpeg</ref> commemorating the event was unveiled. The [[Niagara Parks Commission]] also planted a memorial oak tree. | The 50th Anniversary of the Jamboree was celebrated in September of 2005 at which time a plaque<ref>http://wj55.org/graphics/wj55-plaque.jpeg</ref> commemorating the event was unveiled. The [[Niagara Parks Commission]] also planted a memorial oak tree. | ||
==See also== | == See also == | ||
*[[World Scout Jamboree]] | *[[World Scout Jamboree]] | ||
*[[Scouting in Ontario]] | *[[Scouting in Ontario]] | ||
==References== | == References == | ||
<div class="references-small"><references/></div> | <div class="references-small"><references/></div> | ||
==External links== | == External links == | ||
*[http://wj55.org/ 8th World Scout Jamboree 1955 Website] | *[http://wj55.org/ 8th World Scout Jamboree 1955 Website] | ||
*[http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/history/inter/jambo.htm#1955 Jamboree Histories at Scoutbase.org] | *[http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/history/inter/jambo.htm#1955 Jamboree Histories at Scoutbase.org] | ||
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