Oklahoma American Legion Boys State is always fortunate to have support from great leaders in the political, military, and business world. We are also lucky many times to present those individuals as special guest speakers during the week to discuss their successes and struggles. OK Boys State traditionally hosts such distinguished guests as the Governor […]
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The Oklahoma Boys State First Responder Academy immerses the delegates into three fields of the Emergency First Responder. Our Law Enforcement track features deputies and police officers from the Muskogee County Sheriff’s Office, the Rogers County Sheriff’s Office, the RSU Campus Police, and the Claremore Police Department and immerses the delegates into real-life training scenarios
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A goal of the Boys State program is for delegates to learn through a simulated experience how the State Government operates. In 2021, we added private enterprise to provide lessons on the business-government relationship. The enterprise we selected was the oil and gas industry. Each City selects an entrepreneurial business leader to run a company
Oklahoma Boys State is honored to receive amazing support from our Oklahoma National Guard. In addition to serving a counselors on the staff, the Guard has helped create some amazing experiences for the delegates. Each year, they bring a giant, inflatable obstacle course that serves as the first team-building event of the week. The Guard
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For many years, the Boys Stater newspaper has been published by the delegates to record the history of our program. It has also given delegates first hand experience to work in journalism. Our host institution, Rogers State University, owns a full time broadcast studio where our delegates will get to see how a TV station
Boys State wouldn’t be where it is today without the valiant efforts of our active duty military troops and the veterans who have fought to maintain the freedoms we have today. Many don’t know that the American Legion founded the Boys State program to instill democracy in America’s youth and to combat the growing ideals
