Friday, July 20
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Delegate arrival @ Marymount University, Arlington, Virginia
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/Assembly
CSPAN presentation
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
American Legion Boys Nation Memorial Service; presiding is Robert Vick (FL), National Chaplain, The American Legion
9:00 – 11:30 am
American Legion Boys Nation Senate Session
12:15 – 1:30 pm
Guest speaker assembly
1:30 – 3:30 pm
Senate Committees
5:00 – 7:00 pm
“Legion Night” dinner and program at Greenbelt Legion Post 136 with keynote speaker Denise Rohan (WI), National Commander, The American Legion
7:45 – 9:45 pm
Tour of National Mall – WWII Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Wall, Korean War Memorial
11:00pm
Section Meetings
Monday, July 23
8:15 – 8:45 am
Visit Iwo Jima Memorial
9:00 – 12:00 noon
Arlington National Cemetery visit and wreath presentation at the Tomb of Unknowns
1:15 – 5:00 pm
Party Conventions
6:00 – 9:45 pm
Party Conventions
10:45 pm
Section Meetings
Tuesday, July 24
8:00 -9:00 am
Party Conventions/American Legion Boys Nation Senate Session
9:00 – 10:00 am
Assembly – David Azzerad, Director, B. Kenneth Simon Center for Principles and Politics and AWC Family Foundation Fellow, Heritage Foundation
10:00 – 11:45 am
Party Conventions/American Legion Boys Nation Senate Session
12:30 – 2:45 pm
American Legion Boys Nation Senate Session
3:00 – 5:00 pm
American Legion Boys Nation President and Vice-President Candidates Debate
6:00 pm
Past National Harold “Dale” Barnett (GA)
6:30 – 9:30 pm
American Legion Boys Nation Elections
10:00 – 11:00 pm
Section Meetings
Wednesday, July 25
8:15 – 8:45am
American Legion Boys Nation President and Vice President Inauguration, the Honorable Joe Bishop (American Legion Boys Nation alumnus 1974) presiding
8:45 -9:15 am
Guest speaker assembly
9:15 am – 11:30 pm
American Legion Boys Nation Senate Committees/Session
12:30 – 4:00 pm
Off campus activity
6:45 pm
Twilight Tattoo - Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall
Upon return to campus (TBD)
American Legion Boys Nation Senate Committees/Session
10:00 – 11:00 pm
Section Meetings
11:00 pm
Boys Nation President and Vice President are guests on the Jim Bohannon Westwood One Radio talk show
Thursday, July 26
8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Visit to Capitol Hill for appointments with U.S. Senators
6:00 – 7:30 pm
Guest speaker assembly
7:45 – 9:45 pm
Senate Session/Committees
10:00 – 11:00 pm
Section Meetings
Friday, July 27
8:00 – 11:30 am
Final American Legion Boys Nation Senate Session
1:00 – 4:30 pm
Off-campus activity
6:15 – 7:45 pm
Banquet Dinner
8:00 - 10:00 pm
Graduation and Farewell Assembly
10:00 pm - midnight
Section Meetings
Saturday, July 28
Early morning
Depart for home