Figure 1.--This was Troop Section 61-35 at the 5th National Jamboree at Colorado Springs in 1960. One of the long banners to the right says Rip Van Winkle Council. This photo features a large troop of scouts posing in front of a huge Jamboree. Note the tents and flags in the background.

The 5th National Jamboree was held at Colorado Springs, Clorado. This continued the policy of alernating between coadts. The attendance totaled 53,378. The Jamboree was held as part of the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America, known at the Golden Jubilee Year of Scouting. The Jamnorees are held every 4 years and thus would have normally been held in 1961. Instead it was held in 1960 to celebrate the Jubilee Year. It was the reason the Jamboree was held in 1960 instead of 1961. An Explosion of an aerial bomb signaled the opening Friday at 9 AM of the 5th National Boy Scout Jamboree. A newspaper report indicated, ""Simultaneously, the flags of the 50 states and U. S. possession will be raised on lofty flagpoles extending parallel in two long line in this makeshift city of some 56,000 Scouts form all over the world. At the same time, section flags will be elevated over 2,400 wind swept acres now blanketed with 26,000 tents basking in the shadows of snow-tipped Pikes Peak." Thevjamboree neckerchief was yellow with a red, white, and blue border..

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