2023 BOYS STATE
Dates June 25th — July 1st
Application Deadline is June 16, 2023
Oregon State University
The 2023 program will be June 25th — July 1st. The packets will have all the essential information to attend this program including access to breakout sessions. We will also have guest speakers. This is a huge endeavor and we are very excited to bring this to you.
Check-in Time is 09:00, Bring a sack lunch.
- Download the file to apply for the 2023 Oregon Boys State.
- The file is a fillable form.
- Have the student fill-in as much information as they have, print the form, and take it to their school to fill out the school section.
- After the application is complete, turn it in to the sponsoring Post to complete and send to Dept. Headquarters.
The deadline for application submission is JUNE 16th 2023
Oregon Boys State
Challenges you to grow, improve, achieve
Prepares young men in their Junior year of High School for the Challenges of adulthood
Teaches leadership, governance, and civics in a non-partisan manner.
Hands-on, interactive, and fun!
American Legion Post #21 has sponsored citizens from
Amity, Dayton, McMinnville and Perrydale High Schools
The American Legion Riders from Post #21 has sponsored citizens from
Sheridan and Willamina High Schools
The Sons of American Legion Squadron from Post #21 has sponsored a citizen from
Delphian High School
Thank you to all of our sponsors!
American Legion Boys State is among the most respected and selective educational programs of government instruction for high school students. It is a participatory program where each participant becomes a part of the operation of his local, county and state government.
Boys State has been a program of The American Legion since 1935 when it organized to counter the Fascist inspired Young Pioneer Camps. The program was the idea of two Illinois Legionnaires, Hayes Kennedy and Harold Card, who organized the first Boys State at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield.
At American Legion Boys State, participants are exposed to the rights and privileges, the duties and the responsibilities of a franchised citizen. The training is objective and practical with city, county and state governments operated by the students elected to the various offices. Activities include legislative sessions, court proceedings, law enforcement presentations, assemblies, bands, chorus and recreational programs.
High school juniors are selected by local American Legion Posts to attend the program. In most cases, expenses associated with attending this program are paid by a sponsoring American Legion Post, a local business or another community-based organization.
American Legion Boys State is currently conducted in 49 Departments of The American Legion. Hawaii does not conduct a program. As separate corporations, Boys States vary in content and method of procedure, but each and every Boys State adheres to the basic concept of the program - that of teaching government from the township to the state level.
