by Rikki Almanza | Jun 29, 2023
The American Legion California Boys State, a government and leadership camp for high school students, is officially embracing coeducation. The program, formerly reserved for boys, has become the first and only state to introduce a coed format, allowing girls to...
by Makenna Uriarte | Mar 9, 2023
National recipients of the 2022 Samsung American Legion Scholarship visited Washington, DC during the American Legion’s Washington Conference in February. Here, California students Neal King and Naomi Porter, along with eight other recipients from across the...
by National HQ | Jul 24, 2022
If the election for president pro tempore at American Legion Boys Nation is any indication, maybe rap battles could replace presidential debates in the future. “Definitely not what I ever expected for the final two rounds of the election, but the people ask for what...
by Andy Proffet | Jul 11, 2022
After going virtual in 2021, like many other Boys State programs, California Boys State returned to an in-person event for the 2022 session. But some of the program tweaks necessitated by the online-only experience have carried over. Chief among them is a change to...
by caLegion Contributor | Jul 29, 2021
Two prominent leaders emerged from The American Legion Boys Nation program Tuesday night. Ryan Jung, of Irvine, Calif., was elected President of The American Legion Boys Nation at Marymount University for the 2021 program. During the election, which was run as a mock...
