2017 Boys Nation – Day 8

Angel Juarez July 28, 2017 1 min read

Boys Nation 2017 comes to an end with some songs and tears.

Date:

Saturday, July 29, 2017 – 12:39am

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Alabama Nationalist Darius Thomas wears a pin he received from a Minnesota senator on Friday, July 28, 2017. Photo by Clay Lomneth / The American Legion.

Tennessee Federalist Jayson Blackburn slams the gavel signifying the conclusion of the Boys Nation Senate sessions on Friday, July 28, 2017. Photo by Clay Lomneth / The American Legion.

New Mexico Nationalist Maximino Manzanares hugs president pro tempore Pennsylvania Federalist Corey Eisert-Wlodarczyk on Friday, July 28, 2017. Photo by Clay Lomneth / The American Legion.

New Hampshire Federalist Patrick Rochford yells out during a section gathering on Friday, July 28, 2017. Photo by Clay Lomneth / The American Legion.

Past National Commander and Director of Activities Robert Turner leads junior section counselors and Boys Nation senators in song after graduation on Friday, July 28, 2017. Photo by Clay Lomneth / The American Legion.

Junior counselors and Boys Nation senators give Past National Commander and Director of Activities Robert Turner a standing ovation as he walks into the dining hall at Marymount University on Friday, July 28, 2017. Photo by Clay Lomneth / The American Legion.

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Source: Legion News

For God and Country we associate ourselves together for the following purposes:to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America; to maintain law and order; to foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism; to preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in all wars; to inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community,state and nation; to combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses; to make right the master of might; to promote peace and goodwill on earth; to safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy; to consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.

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