{"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":"2026-08-25T08:50:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T13:50:55","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 wp-block-paragraph\">The American Legion Boys State and the American Legion Auxiliary Girls State Programs class of 2027\u00a0will be held June 20th &#8211; June 25th 2027\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 wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0This 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 2027\u00a0and 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 wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Applications for enrollment will open soon. For applications, please click link above The deadline to apply is June 1st 2027,\u00a0space 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\u00a0your 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 2027\u00a0will be held June 20th &#8211; June 25th 2027\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. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0This 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"],"_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}]}}