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Our 77th session runs until June 23! Find out full details below
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ALJBS preparing for 2023 session Delegate application system expected to open on March 1 American Legion Jersey Boys State will return in 2023 for its 77th session as New Jersey’s preeminent youth leadership and civics program, where over 1,000 rising seniors will join the ranks of illustrious alumni that includes Governors, US Senators, US Supreme… Read more
It took an act of the emperor to publish the Aeneid. The poet Virgil, before his untimely death, had given orders to burn the draft of his epic poem if he was to die before he edited it. Instead, the emperor Caesar Augustus ordered it to be published in its current form, without edits. What… Read more
Gov. Murphy speaks, Boys Nation Senators elected\ The 76th session of American Legion Jersey Boys State closed Friday with the graduation ceremony. Boys Nation Senators were elected and announced, exams were completed, graduation certificates were handed out, awards were presented, and families, statesmen, and staff members enjoyed lunch together. Before the graduation ceremony, ALJBS hosted… Read more