30: Scouts' Honor — The Rapid Rise and Fall of Jamboree Town

Update: 2023-02-11

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When the 1953 National Boy Scout Jamboree came to town, the event created an insta-city of 50,000 Scouts and their leaders in the rolling hills of what's now Newport Center/Fashion Island, Big Canyon and Eastbluff. Guest interview: Don Webb, former Newport Beach council member and mayor who attended the Jamboree as a 14-year-old Scout.

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30: Scouts' Honor — The Rapid Rise and Fall of Jamboree Town

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30: Scouts' Honor — The Rapid Rise and Fall of Jamboree Town