1st World Scout Jamboree
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The 1st World Scout Jamboree was held from 30 July to 8 August 1920 and was hosted by the United Kingdom at Kensington Olympia in London. 8,000 Scouts from 34 nations attended the event, which was hos
500 Wolf Cubs perform a Grand Howl in the arena at Olympia
James E. West (Scouting)
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James Edward West was a lawyer and an advocate of children's rights, who became the first professional Executive Secretary, soon renamed Chief Scout Executive, of the Boy Scouts of America, serving fr
West in 1918
West c. 1913
James E. West at the White House, with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Walter W. Head, BSA national president (seated, left) in 1937
West in 1939