A Boy Scout is always a Boy Scout, no matter his age.

Just ask Craig Brockus of Hayden, who still proudly wears the circular, yellow 1969 National Scout Jamboree badge on his vest.

"I was just a wet-nosed kid when I went there," said Brockus, of Hayden.

He was about 21 when he attended the '69 Jamboree at Farragut State Park. It was a jamboree for the history books, taking place at the same time Apollo 11 landed on the moon. According to the Apollo Flight Journal on www.history.nasa.gov, astronaut Neil Armstrong gave a shoutout to the Scouts from space. Armstrong himself was a Boy Scout, achieving the rank of Eagle Scout.

"I'd like to say hello to all my fellow Scouts and Scouters at Farragut State Park in Idaho having a national jamboree there this week; and Apollo 11 would like to send them best wishes," Armstrong said, almost 60 hours into the mission.

The 1969 national jamboree was preceded by the 1967 World Scout Jamboree, also held at Farragut. It, too, was a historic event because it was the first time a world jamboree had been held in the United States.

"I think the most memorable thing about jamborees is what they call the 'midway,'" Brockus said. "That's an area somewhere in the middle of the jamboree and there's anything you can think of there."

Several national and world Scout events, including Girl Scout roundups, took place at Farragut. Scouts told stories while cooking over charcoal stoves, learned to survive in the great outdoors and jumped into the chilly waters of Buttonhook Bay on hot July days, all the while making lifelong friendships and memories.

That history is still alive in the minds and hearts of Scouts who participated, whether they grew up in North Idaho or traveled here for a Jamboree and fell in love with the area, like 2015 Klondike Derby chairman Rod Underhill, who moved to North Idaho from Lincoln, Neb., because of his positive experience at the 1973 jamboree. That was the last year a jamboree was held at Farragut; they are now held in West Virginia. National jamborees are now held every four years.

Farragut State Park has plans to preserve this special history in its own space in the Boy Scout Museum at the Museum at the Brig. Area Boy Scout officials and Farragut staff are actively seeking Scout memorabilia from the jamborees to exhibit in the new museum, which is scheduled to open in May. Park Ranger Dennis Woolford said the space is an old mess hall. Upkeep and refurbishing of the area is done and it is now ready for the displays.

"Both Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts contributed tremendously to Farragut's history," Woolford said. "It's a neat legacy, one that we're trying to uncover."

Mark Whitt, head of the Boy Scout Museum Committee, said more than anything, physical photographs are needed to share the history with the community.

"What we'd like to do is put them into some kind of video presentation or slideshow that can really show it," he said.

If anybody wants to contribute jamboree information, items or photos to be displayed in the Boy Scout Museum, they are encouraged to email Whitt at markwhitt@windermere.com