2nd World Scout Jamboree 1924
| 2. World Scout Jamboree | |
|---|---|
| place | Ermelunden , Copenhagen |
| country | Denmark |
| date | August 10-23, 1924 |
| Attendees | 4,549 Boy Scouts |
The 2nd World Scout Jamboree (World Scout Meeting ) was held from August 10th to 23rd, 1924 in Ermelunden , Denmark . About 5,000 scouts from 34 countries and British colonies came, and for the first time German and Austrian scouts also took part in the jamboree.
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Great Britain held an Imperial Jamboree in Wembley , Middlesex in early August 1924 as part of the British Empire Exhibition . Over 1,000 Boy Scouts from 25 parts of the Commonwealth and the Empire accepted the invitation and attended the event, plus 10,000 Boy Scouts from the United Kingdom appeared at the Imperial Jamboree. The screenings and ceremonies took place at Wembley Stadium . The Boy Scouts camped in narrow quarters at nearby Wembley Paddocks. Edward VIII , who was watching the performances in the stadium, visited a campfire and stayed for one night in a tent in the paddocks.
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The Wembley Jamboree helped the organizers to ensure better care for all participants in the 2nd World Scout Jamboree in Ermelunden, north of Copenhagen . The Imperial Jamboree ended on August 8th, just two days before the start of the World Scout Jamboree. Denmark has a comparatively small proportion of scouts, so at the beginning there were doubts as to whether the Danish scouts could handle the effort and successfully carry out the jamboree. The main person responsible for the organization was Christian Holm, the President of the Det Danske Spejderkorps . In total there were 3 people responsible for the planning, organization and administration of the event and although they were all very young, they were able to successfully carry out the jamboree.
The second World Scout Jamboree was officially opened by Rear Admiral Carl Carstensen, as the representative for King on August 10, 1924 Christian X , opened. Fourteen countries participated with different groups in the World Scout Championships, a competition that tested various skills of the Boy Scouts, such as hygiene, discipline, campfire songs, folk dancing, swimming, crafts and an obstacle course. The Boy Scouts of America won, Great Britain finished second, and Hungary finished third. It was decided not to hold the competition on future jamborees in order to prevent the international community from being disturbed by excessive nationalism.
Robert Baden-Powell arrived at the Jamboree after the opening day and received a welcome parade from all the scouts. When he started talking it started raining and everyone there got wet. For this reason, Baden-Powell was called bathester, Danish for " lifeguard ". Last Sunday, King Christian visited the camp, also in pouring rain, in the afternoon Baden-Powell awarded the World Scout Championship and said: “I have seen great numbers of Scouts in my life, but I have never seen any as wet as you are! ”(“ I have regretted seeing many boy scouts in my life, but never as wet as you are! ”). Because of the large amount of water, part of the camp had to be evacuated in the meantime.
King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine attended the closing ceremony. The third World Scout Conference was held simultaneously in Copenhagen.
In contrast to the 1st World Scout Jamboree, the Danish scouts accommodated all guests in tents and organized the guests into troops and units, a model that is still used today. In the week after the actual jamboree, scouts from abroad stayed with host families.
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- ↑ History of The World Jamborees - Germans included for the first time in 1924 | scouting. Retrieved April 5, 2020 .
- ↑ 1924 Imperial. In: Pine Tree Web Home Page. Retrieved April 5, 2020 .
- ^ A b John S. Wilson: Scouting 'round the world . 1st edition. Blandford Press, London 1959, ISBN 2-88052-001-0 , pp. 63, 82 .