On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The National Boy Scout Jamboree, held every four years at Fort A.P. > Hill, Virginia, consists of a tent city of 18,000 tents and a population > of more than 40,000. I am reasonably certain that it counts as > "camping", and I'm positive that there's electricity.
I think it moves around, doesn't it? I worked at one that was held near Pittsburgh way back when. Moraine State Park, I think. Yep, just found it in Wikipedia. I guess it moved to Fort A.P. Hill after the 1977 one at Moraine. At the closing, they had one of the best fireworks shows I have ever seen. They also had Danny Thomas as the speaker, which was not nearly so memorable. The other thing that comes to mind was that there were a lot of self-important guys with sticks who were supposed to keep order. They were the snooty elite scouts... can't recall what the name was. Order of the Arrow, maybe? It was definitely interesting to be there before, during and after as an employee. Amazing logistics. Nick _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
