THE BOY SCOUTS IMPERIAL JAMBOREE, 1924.

To highlight the Imperial aspect of the Scout Movement the Boy Scouts Imperial Jamboree was held during the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924. The Scout Association published a "Souvenir Volume" as a remembrance of the occasion.

Excerpts from "The Imperial Jamboree 1924":
H. M. The King’s Telegram after the Jamboree.
Letter from Sir Robert Baden-Powell, Bart., G.C.V.O., K.C.B.
That Jamboree Feeling!
How and Why it Sprouted and Flowered.
H. M. The King Reviews Empire Scouts
Almost in Time to be Too Late.
The Festival Service at Westminster Abbey.
On Seeing the Boy Scouts in Westminster Abbey.
H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught’s Visit.
H.R.H. The Prince of Wales’s Visit.
The Great Camp-Fire "Sing-Song."
The Stadium Thanksgiving Service.
Other Photos from the Jamboree.

H.M. THE KING’S TELEGRAM AFTER THE JAMBOREE Sir ROBERT BADEN-POWELL, Boy Scouts Imperial Headquarters, Buckingham Palace Road. I heartily thank the Boy Scouts from Overseas and the Homeland for their loyal greetings and good wishes. It was a great pleasure to me to inspect some of them here. I am sure they were all glad to meet one another and I hope they have carried away the happiest recollections of their jamboree. George R.I.

Letter from Sir Robert Baden-Powell, Bart., G.C.V.O., K.C.B. The Chief Scout of the World When I have been asked what impressed me most about the Jamboree I have been honestly been able to say it was not the pageantry, it was not the fine appearance of the Boys nor their numbers and efficiency — it was the fact that discipline from within should itself be an established force among them and that they have a true grasp of the ideals of the movement. And that Scouters are making a success of their training. Robert Baden-Powell

		The Boy Scouts Imperial Jamboree 1924. Held in conjunction with the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, the 1924 Jamboree brought together over 12,000 Scouts from the Commonwealth.
		Baden-Powell Photo Gallery Baden-Powell at the World Jamborees Links to the World Jamborees, 1920-1937
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