Emmett was the youngest Eagle Scout in America just before this 12th birthday - he loved the challenge.  In 1920, Emmett was 15 and the First Intl. Boy Scout Jamboree in London was announced. 
In this first episode, Emmett tells us the efforts he and other Austin scouts took to get to go, the long boat trip over and the sights of London thru the young scouts' eyes. 
1st World Scout Jamboree – 1920
Olympia, London, England, 1920. 8,000 Scouts from 34 countries represented at the roll call. The location was a huge glass-roofed building covering six acres. The concrete floor had to be covered with earth for competitions. Some non-Scout participants: an alligator from Florida, a baby crocodile from Jamaica, a lioness cub from Rhodesia, monkeys from South Africa, a baby elephant, a camel. 
Baden-Powell acclaimed the Chief Scout of the World lead the opening prayer, "If it be your will, let us go forth from here fully determined that we will develop, among ourselves and our boys, a comradeship through the worldwide spirit of the Scout brotherhood, so that we may help to develop peace and happiness in the world and goodwill among men."

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Stories told by Emmett Shelton / compiled and submitted by Cynthia Shelton.