2012 Boys Nation Agenda

2012 Boys Nation agenda subject to change

Friday, July 20

8:00 am – 5:00 pm Delegate arrival
6:30 – 8:00 pm Section Meetings
8:15 – 9:45 pm Political Party Receptions and Ice Cream Social

 

Saturday, July 21

8:00 – 9:00 am Welcome Assembly and General Orientation
9:00 – 10:15 am Oath of Office and Assembly Speaker Tim Tetz, the American Legion legislative director
10:15 am – noon Legislative Assembly and Orientation
1:15 – 4:00 pm Party Conventions
4:00 – 5:00 pm Senate Committees
6:00 – 9:00 pm First American Legion Boys Nation Senate Session
9:00 – 9:45 pm Senate Committees
10:00 – 11:00 pm Section Meetings

 

Sunday, July 22

8:00 – 9:00 am

Boys Nation Memorial Service presided by                                                                                                                                                                                 Gerald Theriot, the Legion's national chaplain
9:00 – 11:30 am American Legion Boys Nation Senate Session
12:15 – 3:30 pm Party Conventions
5:00 – 7:00 pm Dinner at Greenbelt Legion Post #136 with keynote speaker                                                                                                                                                  American Legion National Commander Fang A. Wong
7:30 – 9:00 pm Tour of National Mall (Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Wall and Korean War Memorial)
10:00 – 11:00 pm Section Meetings
   

 

Monday, July 23

8:45 – 11:30 am Arlington National Cemetery visit and wreath presentation at the Tomb of Unknowns
11:30 am – noon Visit to Iwo Jima Memorial
1:15 – 5:00 pm Party Conventions
6:00 – 9:45 pm Party Conventions
10:00 – 11:00 pm Section Meetings

 

Tuesday, July 24

9:00 – 11:00 am American Legion National Headquarters office tour and staff briefing
1:00 – 3:00 pm American Legion Boys Nation Senate Session
3:00 – 5:00 pm Candidates Debate (live-stream webcast on www.legion.org)
6:30 – 9:30 pm American Legion Boys Nation Elections (live-stream webcast on www.legion.org)
10:00 – 11:00 pm Section Meetings

 

Wednesday, July 25

8:45 am Arrive at Supreme Court
9:15 am American Legion Boys Nation President and Vice President inauguration presided by Honorable Sparky Gierke
9:45 – 10:45 am Supreme Court visit and speaker: General William Suter, court clerk
11:00 – 11:45 am Court Tour
1:30 – 5:00 pm American Legion Boys Nation Senate Session and Committee Meetings
6:00 – 8:15 pm Assembly Speakers: American Legion Boys Nation Alumni Panel (live-stream webcast on www.legion.org)
8:30 – 9:45 pm American Legion Boys Nation Senate Session
10:00 – 11:00 pm Section Meetings

 

Thursday, July 26

8:00 am – 4:15 pm Visit to Capitol Hill for appointments with U.S. Senators
6:00 – 7:45 pm Assembly Speaker: Nesse Goden, Holocaust Survivor
7:45 – 9:45 pm Senate Committees
10:00 – 11:00 pm Section Meetings

 

Friday, July 27

8:00 – 11:30 am American Legion Boys Nation Closing Senate Session
1:00 - 3:00 pm

Visit to Smithsonian American History Museum
3:15 – 3:45 pm Visit to World War II Memorial
5:30 – 7:30 pm Banquet Dinner
7:30 - 9:30 pm Graduation and Farewell Assembly (live-stream webcast on www.legion.org)