With the annual summer conference slated for mid-June, here’s what current juniors should know about Boys and Girls State, a selective civic leadership program touted by the American Legion as “a week that shapes a lifetime.”
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With the annual summer conference slated for mid-June, here’s what current juniors should know about Boys and Girls State, a selective civic leadership program touted by the American Legion as “a week that shapes a lifetime.”