1985 Invitation to the National Scout Jamboree Brochure Fort A.P. Hill Virginia

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1985 Invitation to the National Scout Jamboree Brochure Fort A.P. Hill Virginia
Great way to promote and prepare for scouts attending the 1985 National Scout Jamboree
This was the eleventh National Jamboree and was held from Wednesday, July 24, through Tuesday, July 30, 1985 at Fort A. P. Hill, near Fredericksburg, VA.  The theme of the Jamboree was "The Spirit Lives On."  The opening arena show used the theme of "75th Anniversary Celebration" and depicted the 75 years of the Boy Scouts of America.  The theme of the closing show was "America Salutes the Boy Scouts of America."  The award winning Oak Ridge Boys performed at the closing show
A hurricane that overturned tents and latrines, a free Apple Computer bag that required a daylong wait in line and a performance by the Beach Boys.
The 1985 National Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill, Va., produced stories that have been told and retold for more than 30 years. The jamboree’s nickname has proved all too prescient: “The Spirit Lives On.”
First Lady Nancy Reagan, brought her anti-drug message to the 1985 Jamboree. But her memorable appearance was one of several indelible moments from that event.
The Diamond Jubilee, which celebrated the BSA’s 75th birthday, will be most remembered for Hurricane Bob, which was downgraded to a tropical depression by the time it hit A.P. Hill. Still, the storm unleashed heavy rains and high winds on the 32,615 Scouts and Scouters camping there.
“Our whole campsite was flattened,” a Scout named Mark Demkee
told
The Morning Call
newspaper
. “I’ve never seen anything like it before. They had to send all our sleeping bags out to the dry cleaners.”
Their sleeping bags soaked and tents displaced, the Scouts had every right to complain. But they remained cheerful throughout.