A couple months ago, I got home from school and my mom was on the phone so I waited awhile to talk to her. Ten minutes go by and she finally gets off the phone and she calls me into the kitchen. When I got to the kitchen she was staring at me like I … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Citizens of Boys’ State
It’s certainly different
Although things are certainly different this year, the boy’s are still getting the job done. For those of you not familiar with the program, the Citizens are assigned a notional city, county and political party. To start, at the city level, the parties (Nationalists and Federalists) nominate and elect a city level government (mayors, judges, … Continue reading
View from the trenches
I wanted to share some first impressions of what will be a very interesting week of virtual American Legion New York Boy’s State. Every year a very dedicate, hard working group of primarily Legionnaires volunteer to make NY Boy’s State happen. Seeing all the “old hands” and the “new faces” is always a highlight of … Continue reading
New York Boy’s State 2021 – Here we go!
We are days away from kicking off what will hopefully be the first and last virtual Boy’s State for New York’s American Legion Department. Although it’s disappointing not to be in person, we will make the best of it. There won’t be the flurry of activities, the marching and sports and music and other activities … Continue reading
Today is the Last Day of Boys’ State.
All of our boys have done a great job this year, congratulations to all of them. Happy 100th anniversary to the American Legion who has been gracious enough to sponsor Boys’ State for the past 82 years. Thank you to everyone who has helped in making Boys’ State possible. PM – signing off. Continue reading
State Legislature met to begin Preparing Bills.
The State assembly met yesterday to split off into committees to create possible legislation for both houses to pass including an energy bill, and new housing development plan. If these bills are passed by the Boys’ State government, they will be sent to the New York State government for review. Continue reading
Lessons Learned Boys State 2019
Many people come here with a very nervous attitude form whether they think they won’t be able to find friends or they may be homesick it’s understandable. This is how I felt going throughout the week I wasn’t sure what to expect and was getting homesick and felt like no one was going to like … Continue reading
How to make your bed at Boys’ State.
Make your bed, like you would at home. Lay on your bed before inspection because your tired. Get yelled at by the Marine during inspection. Cry inside for five minutes. then make your bed again, but with hospital corners. Then when your county sheriff does inspection and yells at you, ignore him because he is … Continue reading
State Parties elect their Candidates for the State Executive Branch.
Last night our two state parties met to choose their candidates for Governor, Lt. Governor and Attorney General. Both parties candidates will be up for election later today. Best of luck to both parties candidates, who all went home last night and started writing speeches, and lobbying for votes. even later today after the Governor … Continue reading
State Party Conventions are in Session.
Last night our two parties, the Federalists and the Nationalists, split off in to two groups, to convene and elect their party heads. The meetings went smoothly; lasting more than three hours. The candidates were promising and there was steep competition for party roles. Everyone did a great job last night, even the Boys fighting … Continue reading
