The 6th World Scout Jamboree (french: Jamboree mondial de la paix) was held in 1947 and was hosted by

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. This was the first jamboree to have been held after Baden-Powell's death in 1941. It was originally planned to take place in 1941 in France.

Unofficial theme

Following the devastation of

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, this event was aptly named the Jamboree of Peace. The Jamboree showed that even through the years of the war, the Scout Movement was still strong and growing. 24,152 Scouts attended the event from 38 countries.

High-ranked visitors

The

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Vincent Auriol Vincent Jules Auriol (; 27 August 1884 – 1 January 1966) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1947 to 1954. Early life and politics Auriol was born in Revel, Haute-Garonne, as the only child of Jacques Antoine Aurio ...

, paid an official visit on August 14, 1947, and saw a special arena program, including massed

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by the Scots. He toured around the camp, partially on foot and partially on the unique little railway, brought from the

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, that circled around among the subcamps. His visit was also marked by clouds of dust-Moisson was the "Dustboree"-and by hordes of press photographers who seemed to make a point to get in his way, at which point

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Joseph Lafont General Michel Laurent Marie Joseph Lafont (1874–1961) was the third Chief Scout of Scouts de France from 1936 to 1948, the first and only Chief Scout of Scoutisme Français from 1940 to 1948, and member of the International Committee of the Wor ...

made the sotto voce plea "

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External links

Jamboree 1947 Website (French)

Jamboree Histories at Scout.org

References

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