Georgia Boys State is a comprehensive one week course in
state and local government and is a program of the American Legion Department of
Georgia. This year’s session will begin on May 26, 2019 and conclude
June 1, 2019 and will be held at Riverside Military Academy.It is
a “leadership action program” where qualified male high school rising seniors
take part in a practical government course. It is designed to develop a working
knowledge of the structure of government and to impress upon the citizen the
fact that our government is just what we make it. Along the way delegates have
the opportunity to learn the political process by organizing a mythical 51st
state. Each level of government is run by those delegates who are elected to
serve. Instruction is presented on the law and court system, parliamentary
procedure and Georgia political history.
Girls State began as one- and two-day sessions in the late
1930s. Washington D.C. and Delaware are credited with first executing the
program. In 1939, Girls State was expanded to make it a week-long government
education program. Since 1948, it has been a regular part of the Auxiliary's
Americanism curriculum. For more than 50 years, the American Legion Auxiliary
has succeeded in giving these girls the finest citizenship training program
possible. The program has grown from a few hundred participants to nearly
20,000 Girls State delegates annually.The Auxiliary has long been recognized
by Freedom's
Foundation at Valley Forge, Pa., for the Girls State and Girls Nation
program. It has also received special recognition from the National Association of
Secondary School Principals (NASSP), which has placed this program on
its National Advisory List of Contests and Activities.
Application, information, requirements on the web: www.dogboysstate.org or www.boysandgirlsstate.org . Attached is an application Girls State or Boys State
