IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION recognizing the American Legion Missouri Boys State on the occasion of the successful completion of the 77th session of its annual Missouri Boys State conference.
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RESOLUTION NO. 19212, July 18, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Tony Miller, Crystal Williams, Theresa Galvin, Garry J. Baker, Scott Burnett, Alfred Jordan, Dennis Waits, Dan Tarwater III, and Greg Grounds, County Legislators
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WHEREAS, the American Legion Missouri Boys State is an eight-day program bringing together the best and brightest high school junior young men to experience hands-on the operation and fundamentals of government; and,
WHEREAS, the Missouri Boys State 2016 session was held at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, June 18 through June 24, 2016; and,
WHEREAS, this year's session featured keynote speakers former Missouri Governor Bob Holden, Kansas City Mayor Sly James, Jackson County Executive Frank White, Jr., Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, and Lt. General Martin Steele; and,
WHEREAS, Missouri Boys State, known as the Week to Shape a Lifetime, hosts an average of 1,000 young men using the democratic system as a basis to construct their own state; and,
WHEREAS, as a laboratory in citizenship and leadership training, Boys State participants learn the value of public service, the strength of the individual vote and voice, and the ability of each individual to change the world; and,
WHEREAS, Missouri Boys State Director Matt Dameron, a former Boys State participant, states that although Boys State teaches about government, the young men participating will make personal connections that will last a lifetime; and,
WHEREAS, Boys State was originally developed in 1934 in Illinois by educators and members of the Illinois American Legion, which, in 1938, quickly expanded the program to Missouri; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Leg...
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