Friday, July 21
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Delegate arrival @ Marymount University, Arlington, Virginia
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Section Meetings
8:15 pm – 9:45 pm
Political Party Receptions and Ice Cream Social
Saturday, July 22
8:00 am – 9:00 am
Welcome Assembly and General Orientation
9:00 am – 10:15 am
Oath of Office – Joe Bishop (American Legion Boys Nation 1974); Assembly - C-SPAN
10:15 am – noon
Legislative Assembly and Orientation
1:15 pm – 4:00 pm
Party Conventions
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Senate Committees
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
First American Legion Boys Nation Senate Session
9:00 pm – 9:45 pm
American Legion Boys Nation Senate Committees
10:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Section Meetings
Sunday, July 23
8:00 am – 9:00 am
American Legion Boys Nation Memorial Service presided over by Harvey H. Klee (TX), National Chaplain, The American Legion
9:00 am – 11:30 am
American Legion Boys Nation Senate Session
12:15 pm – 3:30 pm
Party Conventions
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
“Legion Night” dinner and program at Greenbelt Legion Post 136 with keynote speaker Charles E. Schmidt (OR), National Commander, The American Legion
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Tour of National Mall – WWII Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Wall, Korean War Memorial
10:00 pm
Section Meetings
Monday, July 24
8:15 am – 8:45 am
Visit to Iwo Jima Memorial
9:00 am – noon
Arlington National Cemetery visit and wreath presentation at the Tomb of Unknowns
1:15 pm – 5:00 pm
Party Conventions
6:00 pm – 9:45 pm
Party Conventions
10:45 pm
Section Meetings
Tuesday, July 25
8:00 am
Party Conventions/American Legion Boys Nation Senate Session
9:00 am
Assembly – David Azzerad, Director, B. Kenneth Simon Center for Principles and Politics and AWC Family Foundation Fellow, Heritage Foundation
Party Conventions/American Legion Boys Nation Senate Session
12:30 pm – 2:45 pm
American Legion Boys Nation Senate Session
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
President and Vice President Candidates Debate
6:00 pm
Past National Commander Robert S. Turner (GA)
6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
American Legion Boys Nation Elections
10:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Section Meetings
Wednesday, July 26
8:15 am
Boys Nation President and Vice President Inauguration – Honorable Joe Bishop (American Legion Boys Nation 1974) presiding
9:00 am – 12:30 pm
American Legion Boys Nation Senate Committees/Session
6:45 pm
Twilight Tattoo - Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall
TBD
American Legion Boys Nation Senate Committees/Session
10:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Section Meetings
11:00 pm
Boys Nation President and Vice President guests on the Jim Bohannon Westwood One Radio talk show
Thursday, July 27
8:30 am – 4:15 pm
Visit to Capitol Hill for appointments with U.S. Senators
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Assembly Speaker: Nesse Goden, Holocaust Survivor
7:45 pm – 9:45 pm
Senate Session/Committees
10:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Section Meetings
Friday, July 28
TBD
Final American Legion Boys Nation Senate Session
Off-campus activity
6:15 pm – 7:45 pm
Banquet Dinner
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Graduation and Farewell Assembly
10:00 pm - midnight
Section Meetings
Saturday, July 29
Early am
Depart for home