The American Legion Post 80 is pleased to announce Lawson Gronenthal, son of Randy and Kitty Gronenthal, of Humphrey Public School, and Owen Weidner, son of Scott and Gina Weidner, of Humphrey St. Francis, are generously sponsored by Humphrey’s American Legion Post 80, and they will join nearly 400 other high school juniors from across Nebraska participating in the American Legion Cornhusker Boys’ State, June 4-10, 2023, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln downtown campus.
The annual citizenship program, sponsored by the Nebraska American Legion, is designed to provide youths with a better understanding of how city, county, and state governments operate.
American Legion Cornhusker Boys’ State is set up as a functional “51st state” and each boy learns how government subdivisions operate by actually doing the job. Participants will campaign for offices, hold elections, take part in band and chorus, compete in athletics, and be involved in other varied activities as part of the citizenship training program. They will set up their own state government and draft bills.
