Boys' State program begins this weekend

LINCOLN – Nearly 390 high school juniors from across Nebraska will be participating in American Legion Cornhusker Boys’ State, May 31-June 5 at the University of Nebraska Lincoln downtown campus.

The annual citizenship program, sponsored by the Nebraska American Legion, is designed to provide youths with a better understanding of how city, county and state governments operate. Each boy is sponsored locally by an organization such as an American Legion Post, or by some other patriotic, civic, fraternal or religious group in cooperation with the local American Legion Post.

Cornhusker Boys’ State...