Twenty-five thousand scouts attended the event taking place on the National Mall at the foot of the Washington Monument using equipment loaned by the United States Army.

U.S. President Roosevelt took part in the celebration and a special message from Lord Baden-Powell was broadcast from London to the scouts during the jamboree calling for International Friendship.

The poster featured a Boy Scout in a brown uniform with a yellow neckerchief with his hat in his left hand sitting on grass at the edge of a cliff.

Behind were the founding fathers with George Washington's hand on the boy's right shoulder along with the United States Capitol.

Most of the railroads had agreed to reduce their fares to 1 cent per mile in coach for scouts and their leaders when traveling in parties of 10 or more.

An additional 25 cents would be charged to transport their camp gear several city blocks from the train station to the Mall.

The equipment was sourced from Army posts in a 100-mile radius of Washington, D.C. as well as from Columbus, Ohio, New York City and Philadelphia[15] To feed the scouts and their leaders, 25 kitchens were set up on the Jamboree grounds.

It was estimated that 250 tons of food would be consumed daily including 900 bushels of potatoes, 13,000 pounds of bread, 50,000 eggs and 1,200 gallons of canned vegetables would be used at each meal.

[18] 75 doctors, 75 male hospital assistants, and 3 dentists volunteered their time for the Jamboree to men the 20 stations on-site to treat cuts, bruises, cases of sunburns and do a few teeth extractions.

[19] One hundred beds were reserved for the occasion at the Marine Hospital and two American Red Cross ambulances were on duty 24/7 in case of sickness or accident.

[18] The Washington Post Office handled thousands of extra pieces of mail a day from the Scouts and their parents.

Special writers and their photographers were present for various magazines including The Saturday Evening Post, Time, Life and Fortune.

Celebrities also visited the jamboree, including well-known broadcaster Lowell Thomas and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

While at the jamboree, Scouts also attended a three-game baseball series between the Washington Senators and the Boston Red Sox at Griffith Stadium, as well as toured nearby Mount Vernon.

Over 100 Scout journalists and some of the leaders had their travel expenses paid in exchange for daily stories sent by telegraph or air mail.

[25] Upon arrival at the Jamboree City, each Boy Scout was registered at camp headquarters after presenting credentials.

[18] A service troop of 36 men policed the area occupied by each group of 1,250 boys day and night.

Failure to show a pass or provide a satisfactory explanation landed the Scout to be interviewed by the Scoutmaster.

Requirements to be a guide included "active membership in a troop, the ability to talk, and a good knowledge of Washington".

[40] A logrolling was scheduled to take place in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool by Scouts from Aberdeen, Washington.

[42] 5,000 Scouts filled the amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery and paid homage to the Unknown Soldier with American and troop flags in ponchos as it was raining.

The Scouts represented a delegation of each of the sections of the camp[43] Region VII's band played The Star-Spangled Banner, the National Anthem officially adopted only a few years before.

A speech on "Our Heros of War and Peace" was given by Dr. Ray O. Wyland, the National Director of Education for Boy Scouts of America.

[45] Facing a downpour, the scouts' stag sailboard, oar and canoe races and demonstrated their life-saving and seamanship skills.

Upon opening, it was found to be a baby alligator wrapped in newspaper brought by a 15-year-old Scout from St. Petersburg, Florida as a gift for the President.

These included: Their camp was located at the corner of 17th Street and Constitution Avenue and they shared their camp with the American Boy Scouts who were planning on going to the 5th World Scout Jamboree in Holland starting on July 31, 1937, were required to attend the First National Jamboree in Washington, DC as part of their preliminary training.

All sorts of items were reported by local newspapers as being traded: whale vertebras, horned toads, Florida baby alligator, "Alabama king snake", teeth from the mouth of a "Chesapeake Bay shark", a shell souvenir ring from Puerto Rico, prairie dogs, a "pickled octopus for the West Indies", skulls from long-horn cattle, a Main moose horn, a varnished sailfish, elk teeth, "genuine Indian war bonnet feathers", "California gold ore", etc.

"[67] According to an article published in the Evening Star on July 6, 1937, tickets to access the gallery in the House Representatives were a hot item to trade.

Boy Scout Commemorative Tribute is a bronze statue with three figures: The symbols are explained to the visitor on an inscription at the foot of the monument.

It was accepted on November 7, 1964, for the country by Associate Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark, on his 50th anniversary of his becoming an Eagle Scout.