1947 6th WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE
The 6th World Scout Jamboree was held in 1947 and was hosted by France at Moisson. Following the devastation of the Second World War, this event was aptly named the Jamboree of Peace. There were 24,152 Scouts were present. Ten years had passed since the last Jamboree, and B-P had died in 1941. Loudspeakers were an unpleasant innovation of the time. Indian Scouts celebrated their country's independence. "Challenges" were part of the programme.
The final march was in the formation of a Carrick Bend (the symbol of the Jamboree). At the opening ceremony Scouts marched in by countries; at the closing ceremony each sub-camp formed the unit, and bore at its head the many flags and banners of the Scouts of all the countries represented in the sub-camp. This Jamboree showed that even through the years of the war the Scout Movement was still strong and growing.
Material is from the Wikipedia article "World Scout Jamboree" and WOSM.
