I predicted this...

[scottw]

Originally Posted by PaulS

Obama should have followed in the footsteps of Nixon and Reagan and gone.

It would have been a nice touch, 100th Anniversary and all ...but then...he skipped Arlington on Memorial Day too didn't he?...he seems to have a pattern of these affronts



1937 Washington, D.C. – President Roosevelt

1950 Valley Forge, Pennsylvania – President Truman

1953 Irvine Ranch, California – President Eisenhower*, VP Nixon attends event

1957 Valley Forge, Pennsylvania – President Eisenhower (greeting read to Scouts due to illness), VP Nixon attends event

1960 Colorado Springs, Colorado – President Eisenhower

1964 Valley Forge, Pennsylvania – President Johnson

1969 Farragut State Park, Idaho – No One (Nixon did not attend but did attend events in 1953 & 1957 as VP)

1973 Farragut State Park, Idaho, and Moraine State Park, Pennsylvania – No One

1977 Moraine State Park, Pennsylvania – No One

1981 Fort A. P. Hill, Virginia – No One

1985 Fort A. P. Hill, Virginia – First Lady Nancy Reagan**

1989 Fort A. P. Hill, Virginia – President Bush (41)

1993 Fort A. P. Hill, Virginia – President Clinton***

1997 Fort A. P. Hill, Virginia – President Clinton

2001 Fort A. P. Hill, Virginia – President Bush (43) – Via Video***

2005 Fort A. P. Hill, Virginia – President Bush (43)

2010 Fort A. P. Hill, Virginia – No one

* Recorded Message

** President Reagan was recuperating from cancer surgery

*** President Bush (43) and Clinton were scheduled to attend but heavy storms forced the cancellation of the visits

Reagan missed the 1981 event but had plans to attend the 1985 event, but had to bow out because he was recuperating from surgery – he sent Nancy in his stead. President’s Clinton and Bush (43) appeared via video in 1993 and 2001 respectively due to storms and heavy rain – they appeared in person at the next event. Nixon missed the Jamboree as a President, but personally visited two as Vice President.