Boys Scout Jamboree Opens Today
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The Boy Scouts are celebrating their 100th anniversary at the national jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill in Caroline County.
The National Jamboree kicks off this morning.
Pritchard: We will have 45,000 participants, Scouts, their leaders and support volunteers; we will also have support from upwards of 2000 military men and women.
Larry Pritchard is the event’s director. As many as a quarter of a million visitors are expected.
The Scouts will spend ten days camping and doing a variety of other activities, including archery and fishing. The Jamboree has been held at A.P. Hill since 1981 every four years. They skipped a year so this event could mark the anniversary.
The Scouts have been gathering for a Jamboree since 1937.
John Ogle, WCVE News
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