The Valley Forge 1950 Boy Scouts Jamboree
So, Henry’s boy scout uniform has this Valley Forge Jamboree patch:
And Valley Forge hosted three Boy Scouts Jamborees- one in 1950, one in 1957, and one in 1959.
What’s especially interesting, though, is that this particular patch is from the 1950 Jamboree:
The 1957 & 1964 Jamboree patches are both different, and neither has a yellow background, so this is very much the 1950 one:
And that’s interesting because it has some interesting implications regarding Henry’s age.
After all, in-show, Henry was supposedly 12 years old in 1959- which would mean that he was born in 1947. Which would mean that he was only 3 years old at the time of the 1950 Jamboree- two years too young to have been enlisted in Boy Scout of America in 1950, as their minimum starting age is 5 years old.
But according to TFS (specifically, the West End Playbook) Henry was born in 1945. Which would have made him 5 years old in 1950. Meaning that he WOULD have been able to enlist in the Boy Scouts and attend the Jamboree- except for the fact that the 1950 Jamboree was from June 27 to July 6, and according to TFS, Henry's birthday is September 7th- so, he wouldn't have turned 5 years old yet.
However, there's also the fact that Henry being born in 1945 would've made him 14 in 1959- but Kate has talked about him being 15 in 1959/in TFS- which means that he WOULD have been eligible for the Jamboree/may have potentially been born in 1944.
And then all of THAT gets even more interesting with the fact that Max seemingly saw Henry’s memories of Hawkins High in 1959- not Hawkins elementary or Hawkins Middle, but Hawkins High- which means that (as has already been talked about extensively re: TFS) Henry would’ve been 14 or 15 years old in 1959.
Anyway, long story short: the stuff we're seeing about in-show Young Henry in S5 seems to align more and more with TFS in ways that actively contradict existing in-show canon regarding Henry's age- and that has me staring directly at the fact that Edward moved to Hawkins two years before Henry- and the fact that we have no idea what year Edward was born, and we never get an age stated in the papers for him the way we do for Henry.
Like. with the fact that Edward moved to Hawkins two years earlier, in 1957, that could potentially mean that Edward is two years older than Henry- which goes right back to what I said in the beginning of this post about in-show Henry being two years too young to have attended the 1950 Boy Scout Jamboree.
But if he was born two years earlier.... and if he potentially had a different birth date than West End TFS Henry's September 7th birthday, a birth date prior to the dates of the Jamboree, then he would've been perfectly timed to attend it.
Which has me staring at all of the stuff re: S4 Dustin telling Steve to "move his date," so that he can hang out with Eddie "Edward" munson. It has me staring at the fuckery re: the date of Will's birthday being listed as both March and August, as well as the fucked up dates for the Creel murders in TFS that I know James has talked about.
Anyway! Just some thoughts. There's Edward Creel everywhere for those with eyes to see....
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