{"id":47230,"date":"2013-06-12T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T12:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=47230"},"modified":"2013-06-11T11:07:25","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T15:07:25","slug":"morrisville-state-to-host-2013-boys-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=47230","title":{"rendered":"Morrisville State to host 2013 Boys State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Morrisville-state-logo.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-36354\" alt=\"Morrisville state logo\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Morrisville-state-logo.bmp\" \/><\/a>\u00a0(Morrisville, NY \u2013 June 2013) Morrisville State will host more than 1,100 high school junior boys and staff at this year\u2019s Boys State government camp, sponsored by the American Legion,\u00a0June 23 to 28. \u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Classified as a Leadership Action Program, Boys State accepts young men with outstanding qualifications in leadership, character, service and citizenship who reflect on the image of the youth of America.<\/p>\n<p>Developed to educate young men and create an interest in the operation and structure of the government, Boys State participants learn the importance of the individual in the success and progress of the government. The program also provides training in leadership, character and citizenship development.<\/p>\n<p>Participants follow a daily physical program including calisthenics and marching in preparation of a parade, one of the high points of the program.<\/p>\n<p>Boys State was developed by the American Legion in 1938 and its participants have influenced actual government legislation in the past. The junior driving license issued at the age of 16 was an idea passed on to the legislature in the 50s by Boys State. Well-known participants who have participated in Boys State include: former President Bill Clinton, former Vice President Al Gore and astronaut Neil Armstrong.<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled to speak during Boys State are:<\/p>\n<p>Sun. June 23\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Colin Schmitt Boys\u2019 Nation and Boys\u2019 State 2009<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mon.\u00a0June 24\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Richard Hanna, U.S. Congressman<\/p>\n<p>Fred Ashforth, Public Speaking Trainer<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tues.\u00a0June 25\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Scott McNamara, D.A. Oneida County<\/p>\n<p>Frank Patience, Secretary of the NY\u00a0State\u00a0Senate<\/p>\n<p>Claudia Tenney and Bill Magee, NY State Legislators<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wed.\u00a0 June 26\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Joseph Griffo, NY State Senator<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Picente, Oneida County Executive<\/p>\n<p>Chris Watson, Boys\u2019 Nation Representative and Former Boys\u2019 State Governor 2012<\/p>\n<p>Steve Jones,\u00a0Attorney in Madison County<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thurs. June 27\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Helen Sperling, Holocaust survivor<\/p>\n<p>Nick Longo, Boys\u2019 Nation NY 2011<\/p>\n<p>Judge McDermott\u00a0of\u00a0Madison County<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fri. June 28\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Major General Patrick Murphy,\u00a0U.S. Army Reserves, NY<\/p>\n<p>David Valesky, NY State Senator<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0(Morrisville, NY \u2013 June 2013) Morrisville State will host more than 1,100 high school junior boys and staff at this year\u2019s Boys State government camp, sponsored by the American Legion,\u00a0June 23 to 28. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,21571],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-top-story","category-veterans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}