American Legion, Department of Texas, announced that West Brook High School students James Moore and Rudy Mazzola have graduated from the American Legion Texas Boys State.
Established in 1935, Boys State is a unique program that educates future leaders about government, civics and patriotism in a “learn by doing” environment. Each delegate has just finished his junior year of high school and was hand-picked by teachers, counselors and local American Legion to attend this one-week seminar.
During the week, the delegates were evenly split into fictional parties of the Nationalist and Federalists. Each party drafted party platforms, elected party officials, nominated candidates via primary elections and contested a general election against the rival party and its candidates. The delegates ran for many kinds of offices including state, district, county, and city offices. Those elected to the House of Representatives and Senate spent the week drafting, debating and passing bills on a wide range of social and economic issues.
This year, the delegates heard from dozens of distinguished guest speakers, including Texas Railroad Commissioner Christi Craddick, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Stuart W. Risch and several members of the Texas House of Representatives and Texas Senate speaking on topics of leadership and public service.
For more information on American Legion Texas Boys State, visit www.TexasBoysState.com.