{"id":13,"date":"2026-01-19T12:47:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T17:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-etz3j.wasmer.app\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2026-03-18T07:45:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:45:26","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.littlerhodyboysstate.com\/?page_id=13","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>About Us<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The American Legion Boys State and the American Legion Auxiliary Girls State Programs class of 2026\u00a0will be held June 21st &#8211; June 26th 2026\u00a0at Saint Andrews School in Barrington RI. We are asking for your assistance in getting the word out to all juniors currently enrolled in your school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;This program teaches students the ins and outs of our State government. There is a trip to our State House where students are introduced to the Senate Chambers and debate bills they have written. Two representatives from each program will be elected to attend Boys\/Girls Nation in Washington DC. Boys\/Girls Nation takes place in July 2026&nbsp;and the students will be given the opportunity to meet the President of the United States (if schedule allows).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Applications for enrollment will open soon. For applications, please click link above The deadline to apply is May 20th 2026,&nbsp;space is limited so please get your application in ASAP. Any students looking for the opportunity of Scholarship monies should apply. PLEASE NOTE: The only requirement to apply for either program is that you must be completing&nbsp;your junior year of high school. This is a weeklong program made possible through the generous donations of American Legion Posts and Auxiliary Units across the state<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us The American Legion Boys State and the American Legion Auxiliary Girls State Programs class of 2026\u00a0will be held June 21st &#8211; June 26th 2026\u00a0at Saint Andrews School in Barrington RI. We are asking for your assistance in getting the word out to all juniors currently enrolled in your school. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;This program teaches [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerhodyboysstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerhodyboysstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerhodyboysstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerhodyboysstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerhodyboysstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerhodyboysstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerhodyboysstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}