Oliver Miner of South Dakota takes a picture for William Nicols Barcena of Georgia on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, July 26, 2018. Photo by Lucas Carter/The American Legion

Jakob Wesley Pyeatt of Washington takes a photo on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, July 26, 2018. Photo by Lucas Carter/The American Legion

Boys Nation and Girls Nation delegates from Oregon meet with Sen. Jeff Merkley at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, July 26, 2018. Photo by Lucas Carter/The American Legion

Boys Nation and Girls Nation delegates from Oregon meet with Sen. Jeff Merkley at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, July 26, 2018. Photo by Lucas Carter/The American Legion

Boys Nation and Girls Nation delegates from Oregon meet with Sen. Jeff Merkley at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, July 26, 2018. Photo by Lucas Carter/The American Legion

Boys Nation and Girls Nation delegates Nikhil Varma Namburi, Mathew Ryan Frischman, Kudzai Kapurura, and Eva Augst, from North Dakota meet with Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, July 26, 2018. Photo by Lucas Carter/The American Legion

Boys Nation and Girls Nation delegates Nikhil Varma Namburi, Mathew Ryan Frischman, Kudzai Kapurura, and Eva Augst, from North Dakota meet with Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, July 26, 2018. Photo by Lucas Carter/The American Legion

Boys Nation and Girls Nation delegates Luke Alan Froncheck, Dante Joseph Silva, Elizabeth Kagan, and Sydney Ryan, from Michigan meet with Sen. Debbie Stabenow, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, July 26, 2018. Photo by Lucas Carter/The American Legion

Boys Nation and Girls Nation delegates Luke Alan Froncheck, Dante Joseph Silva, Elizabeth Kagan, and Sydney Ryan, from Michigan meet with Sen. Debbie Stabenow, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, July 26, 2018. Photo by Lucas Carter/The American Legion

Jordan Cameron Willey and Henry Noble Lear, both of South Carolina, look out over the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, July 26, 2018. Photo by Lucas Carter/The American Legion

Boys Nation and Girls Nation delegates Nicole Keller, Madison Butler, Danial Tajwer, and Joseph Clemente Bellahcen, from Indiana meet with staff members from the office of Joe Donnelly, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, July 26, 2018. Photo by Lucas Carter/The American Legion

Boys Nation and Girls Nation delegates Nicole Keller, Madison Butler, Danial Tajwer, and Joseph Clemente Bellahcen, from Indiana meet with staff members from the office of Joe Donnelly, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, July 26, 2018. Photo by Lucas Carter/The American Legion

Boys Nation and Girls Nation delegates Michael Joseph Del Sesto, Ryder Thomas Ferris, Alexy Carolan, and Adrianna Turano, from Rhode Island meet with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, July 26, 2018. Photo by Lucas Carter/The American Legion

Boys Nation and Girls Nation delegates Michael Joseph Del Sesto, Ryder Thomas Ferris, Alexy Carolan, and Adrianna Turano, from Rhode Island meet with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, July 26, 2018. Photo by Lucas Carter/The American Legion