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derby was held May 15,1953,
in Manhattan Beach's Scout
House, a building still in use
by Scouts.
Before long, officials at the
national office in New Jersey
heard about the pinewood
derby Boys'Life published
plans for pinewood derby cars
in 1954, and packs across the
country were soon scheduling
annual races.
Murphy told his story in
a 2001 book called Simply
Pinewood!. He had a cameo
in the 2005 film Down and
Derby, a comedy about an
ultracompetitive pinewood
derby in an Arizona Cub
Scout pack. Don Murphy
died in 2008. His obituary,
in the Torrance, Calif., Daily
Breeze, was titled "Father of
the Pinewood Derby
THE D.C.
JAMBOREE
MANY PARTICIPANTS IN
National Scout Jamborees
since 1981 have enjoyed side
trips to Washington, D.C. For
participants in the very first
jamboree, however, the city
was the destination.
The 1937 National Scout
Jamboree—delayed two
years because of a polio
outbreak—took place liter-
ally in the shadow of the
Washington Monument.
A temporary arena stood
between the monument
and the White House, while
headquarters tents stretched
west toward where the World
War II Memorial now stands.
Campsites filled much of
the open space south of
the Lincoln Memorial and
on Columbia Island. The
Jefferson and Korean War
Veterans memorials both
stand on former jamboree
campsites.
Not surprisingly, the
Scouts took full advantage of
their surroundings, visiting
every monument, memo-
rial, and museum in sight.
More than 22,000 traveled to
Mount Vernon on crowded
cruise ships, nearly 20,000
toured major public build-
ings, and 22,807 attended
the Washington Senators'
three-day home series against
the Boston Red Sox. To mark
Independence Day, jamboree
representatives laid a wreath
From June 30 to July 9,1937,27,000 Scouts camped in the shadow of the
Washington Monument and saw the sights of Washington, D.C.
at the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier (there was just one
unknown soldier in those
days).
Despite the urban setting,
the jamboree featured plenty
of traditional Scouting
activities, including archery,
semaphore signaling, and log
rolling in the Tidal Basin. The
jamboree also inaugurated
some enduring traditions,
including the daily Jamboree
Journal, trading posts, national
exhibits, merit badge sympo-
sia (foreshadowing the Merit
Badge Midway), and elaborate
campsite gateways.
Perhaps the most impres-
sive gateway was a striking
replica of Springwood,
President Franklin Roosevelt's
home in Hyde Park, N.Y.
Roosevelt himself inspected
the gateway when he stopped
by the jamboree, inaugurating
yet another jamboree tradi-
tion: presidential visits. *
11973
For the first and only time, the BSA holds the
National Scout Jamboree at two sites: Farragut
State Park in Idaho and Moraine State Park in
Pennsylvania. Scouts and leaders number 73,610.
1S73 NATIONAL
1976
To celebrate America's
bicentennial, 750
Eagle Scouts and
adult leaders camp
all summer on the
National Mall in
Washington, D.C.
11979
The BSA's national office
moves to Irving, Tex., after
25 years in New Jersey.
Florida Sea Base joins the family
of Scouting's national high-adven-
ture programs.
The ninth edition of The Boy Scout
Handbook, written by William "Green
Bar Bill" Hillcourt appears, marking a
return to traditional Scouting skills.
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