2023 National Jamboree

1:00PM-3:00PM: Live Music at Rock Spot
2023-07-24 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Rock Spot

1:00PM-3:00PM: Inventing Merit Badge
2023-07-24 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Inventing Merit Badge Booth in Gateway Village
Unleash your inner inventor and bring your ideas to life! Join the United States Patent and Trademark Office in discovering the Inventing Merit Badge. Come design, create, and innovate while learning what it takes to change our world through inventing and entrepreneurship.
Create your own water device, your own LED Name Badge and, your own circuit. Exciting hands-on activities for all! Offering 4 different sessions each day, 9a, 11a, 1p, and 3p – open to the first 20 participants.

1:00PM-2:30PM: Ready, Aim, and Dry-Fire a Cannon!
2023-07-24 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Napoleon Cannon at the NPS Tent near Boulder Cover
Scouts can learn how to dry fire an 1862, 12-pound Napoleon Cannon at the NPS Tent near Boulder Cover (Conservation Trail trailhead). Demos daily and times are posted at the NPS Tent.

1:00PM: Leadership Heights- General John Evans
2023-07-24 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Yamagata Ampitheater

11:30AM: Live Painting Demo
2023-07-24 12:30 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Frontier Quest

12:30PM-1:15PM: The Order of The Arrow And The Leaders of Today
2023-07-24 12:30 - 13:15 UTC | Alumni Adventure Complex

12:30PM-5:00PM: Special Needs and Disabilities Challenge - Wheelchair Basketball (also earn some requirements towards Disabilities Awareness MB)
2023-07-24 12:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Action Point
Have fun learning and experiencing challenges to everyday living created by various disabilities while participating in activities typically encountered by Scouts in units, school, sports and community settings.
Complete a minimum of 12 challenges to earn a sticker or 16 challenges to earn a patch. Complete more to receive an additional prize.
Examples of activities include:
Wheelchair Basketball (open afternoons only)
Blind laser BB gun (open morning 20, 21, 24 & 28 only)
Navigate an obstacle course on crutches
Experience “invisible disabilities” in the Tent of Possibilities and Neurodiversity Tent

While experiencing the challenges, work your way through a majority of the Disabilities Awareness Merit Badge.
Adult Volunteers will have opportunities to earn legacy Special Needs Scouting patches!
The activity will be closed 12noon- 1pm each day in order to take a lunch break.

12:00PM-5:00PM: Underwater Robot/Submersible Program
2023-07-24 12:00 - 17:00 UTC | TBA

12:00PM-2:00PM: Theater Merit Badge
2023-07-24 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Legacy Village
Come explore the world of theater! The theater merit badge is an exciting program, exploring all different aspects of the performing arts: acting, writing, directing, set design, costume, design, props, lighting and more.Our counseling staff includes a Tony nominated Broadway producer, a New York City acting and directing coach, and a specialist in lighting design and technical components. The badge can be completed in three sessions with us. Prior experience in high school or middle school theater is helpful, but not mandatory.And we have neat stuff from Broadway and off Broadway to see! Come visit.

12:00PM-1:00PM: C-130 Flyover
2023-07-24 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Entire National Jamboree 2023, 2550 Jack Furst Dr, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States

12:00PM: So You Want to Change Careers?
2023-07-24 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | STEM Quest, 481 Action Point, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States
STEM Quest will host : So you want to change careers? Discover how lessons learned in Scouting paved the way on July 24th at noon.
Mr. Svendsen was a Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and Explorer growing up in Boston, Massachusetts. He worked in Telecommunications for 30 years. Subsequently, realizing the need to train the next generation of techies, he taught high school math for 20 years. He currently is a Scout Commissioner.

12:00PM-1:00PM: Jim "Doc" McCloughan Speech
2023-07-24 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Mariott Leadership Center, Valley Loop, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States
On Monday July 24th at 1pm 1 of only 66 living recipients of our nations highest military honor, Jim “Doc” McCloughan, will be be at the Medal of Honor Society tent signing patches, taking photos, and helping Scouts earn the rare 2023 Medal of Honor Scout Jamboree patch. Jim McCloughan will be speaking at Leadership Heights earlier in the day at 12pm.
He plans on spending several hours greeting Scouts and doing photos and showing sharing his thoughts with them. Tent L46 from 1pm-4pm in the Legacy area. Doc McCloughan received his Medal for valorous actions in Vietnam saving dozens of men during an ambush firefight in the jungle.

12:00PM-1:00PM: Scouting Doesn't End (for Adult Leaders)
2023-07-24 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Basecamp Charlie Pavilion
Scouting doesn’t end. (1 hr) (For any interested adults) Get a hands-on feel for the Older Youth Programs of the BSA; find out what makes VESSI (Venturing, Explorers, Sea Scouts, and International Scouting) special, and learn how YOUR unit can benefit from the presence of Older Youth Programs in your council! Earn your training key by attendance at this lunch-and-learn program. FOR ADULT LEADERS.

12:00PM-1:00PM: Kazoo Museum
2023-07-24 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | OYP Subcamp (D3) Training Tent, Delta Pass, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States
The Jamboree is host to the third largest kazoo museum in the USA. Learn about the history of this all-American instrument, its role in advertising, and some of the more unusual kazoo shapes out there in the world! Open to all.

12:00PM-1:00PM: Community Lunch, hosted by the Scouts of Color Community Space
2023-07-24 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Celebrating Humanity – Community Gathering
Beat the heat! Have your lunch with the DEI Team! Bring your trail lunch and we’ll provide shade, ice cold water, and soft drinks! All are welcome.

12:00PM-12:30PM: Why Should Your Church Charter Scouts?
2023-07-24 12:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Duty To God & Country Community Space

11:30AM-1:00PM: Ready, Aim, and Dry-Fire a Cannon!
2023-07-24 11:30 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Napoleon Cannon at the NPS Tent near Boulder Cover

11:00AM-10:00PM: Chat-N-Chew Open For JST Staff
2023-07-24 11:00 - 22:00 UTC | Chat-N-Chew
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11:00AM-1:00PM: Inventing Merit Badge
2023-07-24 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Inventing Merit Badge Booth in Gateway Village

11:00AM-1:00PM: Archaeology Merit Badge
2023-07-24 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Archaeology Merit Badge Booth
Presented by Council of Virginia Archaeologists and Heart of Virginia Council BSA. Experience how Archaeologists study our past and preserve it for future generations. Scouts will earn the merit badge by participating in a 2-hour activity session.

11:00AM-12:00PM: The Order of the Arrow in BSA's Post-Bankruptcy Era
2023-07-24 11:00 - 12:00 UTC | Alumni Adventure Complex

11:00AM-12:00PM: Discussion Hour: Trans and Non-Binary Identified, hosted by the LGBTQ+ and Allied Scouts Community Space
2023-07-24 11:00 - 12:00 UTC | Celebrating Humanity – Community Gathering
If you identify as trans or non-binary you are invited to join this discussion group to meet others and learn the best way to support Scouts.

11:00AM-11:30AM: USMC Brass Band
2023-07-24 11:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Summit Center Stage

11:00AM-11:30AM: A History of Scouts of Color, hosted by the Scouts of Color Community Space
2023-07-24 11:00 - 11:30 UTC | Celebrating Humanity – Community Gathering
Let’s have a fun talk and learn how Scouting shaped the lives of several historical Scouts of Color. Prizes will be given out for right answers.

10:30AM-12:30PM: OYP Training: Improve Your Marksmanship with Laser Simulators
2023-07-24 10:30 - 12:30 UTC | OYP Subcamp (D3) Training Tent, Delta Pass, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States
Through active instruction and coached practice using simulators, explore the five fundamentals of marksmanship for rifles and pistols. This is a certificate-bearing course; limited to 12 participants (ages 14-20) per offering

10:30AM: Be Prepared Statue Unveiling
2023-07-24 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Subcamp A1 (Family Adventure Camp)
Be Prepared statue unveiling, Monday, July 24, at 10:30 a.m. near the entrance to Subcamp A1 (Family Adventure Camp). Come celebrate the unveiling of a beautiful statue dedicated to our youngest members: Cub Scouts.

10:00AM-5:00PM: LTG Evans- U.S. NORTHCOM Commander- Multiple Engagements
2023-07-24 10:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Entire National Jamboree 2023, 2550 Jack Furst Dr, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States

10:00AM-4:00PM: Day Visitors Check In Open
2023-07-24 10:00 - 16:00 UTC | J.W. and Hazel Ruby West Virginia Welcome Center, 55 Hazel Ruby Lane, Mt Hope,, WV, 25880, United States

10:00AM-12:00PM: General Dynamics Electric Boat Sea Perch Activity
2023-07-24 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Tillerson Building, Action Point, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States
General Dynamics Electric Boat Sea Perch Activity, in collaboration with Submarine Industrial Base, University of Connecticut and University of Rhode Island will offer a limited number of spaces for Scouts to participate on July 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th. The underwater robot activity is not one you will want to miss!

10:00AM: So You Want To Be An App Developer?
2023-07-24 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | STEM Quest, 481 Action Point, Glen Jean, WV, 25846, United States
Jonathan Johnson has been a computer programmer, general technologist and manager for 20 years. He will discuss his career and how he uses logic to solve problems on a daily basis.
