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Originally Posted by PaulS
Obama should have followed in the footsteps of Nixon and Reagan and gone.
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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.