Show boy S sew nibs KC I 1 I 1 historic sit sita site 03 for ry r eb or y jq aki P wf I 1 s 11 58 ci in am f NEW YORK the boy scouer of america has hag selected valley fiera tr g pa ila for its second national arut jamboree in 1930 ido dr anor chief scout executive of 0 the thi organization announces over oer boy scouts arm every state and aill U S arnt will camp torether from goni jun june jure 30 30 to july 6 1950 on the site roi noi rot as the winter encampment of george washington and his con cn tin army from rom rum dec 19 iti 1712 17 7 7 to june 19 1778 valley forge park Is ofick d maintain maintained ei i and preserved p by tile tiie he common wealth of an yn invitation to ho hod d the Jam jamboree bee bec bCe there thero was as received i from james H duff by the boy sots I 1 of america A k and accepted A J by t i its national executive board or announced will climax crusade cru aade the national jamboree wih wit be the climax of the boy scouts 0 two o year crusade to Strength Streng then theA tr the arm of liberty gov buffs duffs invitation to th poy scouts was accepted after a dozen gozen sites in all sections of the united states were inspected by the engineering service of the noy boy scouts smuts of america gov duffs invitation addressed to dr schick lck follows s on behalf of the commo alth aith of pennsylvania and the valley forge park commission 1 I v wish to extend to the boy scouts of america a cordial invitation to hold jamboree at valley forge lirk birk rk during the summer of 1950 at a such time as their executives may eielt eject 1 I am fully 2 acquainted witti wi the boy scouts program for the year 1950 to crusade to strengths the arm of liberty and it ws v privilege last february in aj id ad dreos dreas at Gett syburg to spon sor lor this 15 crusade for jor the commonweal commonweal ih of pennsylvania I 1 can visual no more inore appropriate location tol lul its climax than valley forg forge acre the sacrifice and tr training airing wis sert vert yn un on the basis of h our heritage of liberty wa was swon won you may be assured of th f cool cooperation aeration of the dommon common raith ralth alth aith and its agencies the valley forge porge orfie park commission vill will make available the facil tacil facilities ties it has hns at ita in ln 13 disposal during the period of tion should your oun our national etive board accept this in italic the forre forgo park commissi cammi will ih be designated as the coord coore coordinating ra itin 9 agency of the avith which you should develop y lic tic retailed plans insofar as they in volve the commonwealth A to 0 occupy occupy w goo 0 aar acres boy scout officials anh ann need that the jamboree camp will proba aula bly ply oc occupy cupy COO ot of the lue zue 2033 acres g cres ores in valley forge park this would ouid w provide 32 sectional camp camps to or r a maximum of 10 scouts ar ad adult leaders and a headquarter I 1 camp for tor leaders valley vailey V valley vailey 1 orre forg orge park is 20 miles northwest st ot 0 philadelphia a and nd seven miles vt 0 of f Norn nonn stoin the first national scout jamboree was held in a 80 a acre cre tent on y I 1 both sides odthe of the potomac r at washington DC from lu jutie jutte e 30 to july 9 1937 a at t the indita in vita of ct president franklin D Roo seit spit it b brought together and Icat leaders fers lers whose fees paid for th c ex cx of the entire Jha borce president roosevelt not not only visited the huge jamboree cam camp eyl byi took part in the stand still pa in i his honor on constitution 5 venue ithe I 1 the scout scott campers lined tbt the th entire length of ot the historic avee avci d were reviewed by the prasit nt as he drove between their im dinv duy noy scouts of twenty foer other nat nations fois lois wore were guests at i on n cam ament |