100 rising high school seniors from across the nation will visit the nation鈥檚 capital for a week that shapes a lifetime.
One hundred young men from across the nation will arrive in Washington, D.C., this week for 鈥渁 week that shapes a lifetime.鈥
The 80th session of American Legion Boys Nation will take place July 17-24 at Marymount University in Arlington, Va. Follow the happenings at legion.org/boysnation and on social media with the hashtag #BoysNation2026.
During their week in and around the nation鈥檚 capital, the senators of Boys Nation, all soon to be high school seniors, will participate in the legislative process through a simulated senate while also visiting D.C. landmarks such as the National Mall, the Pentagon and the Supreme Court. They鈥檒l also join their counterparts from American Legion Auxiliary Girls Nation in visiting elected officials from their respective states on Capitol Hill.
The senators of Boys Nation 2026:
Alabama: William Ellard and Will Burgess
Alaska: Luke Owens and Kyler Morgen
Arizona: Rohith Warrier and Vincent Wang
Arkansas: Kemdi Ekeanyanwu and Sawyer Ray
California: Hunter Freitas and Myles Gonzalez
Colorado: Logan Waggoner and Gokul Srinivasan
Connecticut: Andrew Roraback and Danny Bieszczad
Delaware: Duncan Wiley and Jack Thomas
District of Columbia: AJ Valbrune and Anthony See
Florida: Luke Brown and Riley Willis
Georgia: Brady Pace and Nathan Dsilva
Idaho: Noah Wigdahl and Aidan Marshall
Illinois: James Mannor and Charles Davis
Indiana: Carter Smith and Abdullah Chaudhry
Iowa: Anthony O鈥機onnell and Alex Adair
Kansas: Alexis Zamora Reyes and Burklee Jackson
Kentucky: Gus Hatton and Drew Lush
Louisiana: Cole Wodke and Kaleb Law
Maine: Sawyer Durant and Carter Bennett
Maryland: Will Coughlan and Evan Xin
Massachusetts: Cole Gifford and Ryan McGuire
Michigan: Joe Emerson and Adam Saad
Minnesota: Carter Klein and Izu Ayika
Mississippi: Hugh Wilson and Vihaan Mahajan
Missouri: Tevonte Ammons and Tobi White
Montana: Boaz Sironi and Harrison Green
Nebraska: Lincoln Haussler and Quintin Lawson
Nevada: Dmitri Grimmett and Peter Maffey
New Hampshire: Andrew Downing and Milo Cocola
New Jersey: Kai Yang and Owen Ungaro
New Mexico: Clayton Wolfe and Jacob Malagon
New York: Finnegan Mullen and Trevor Fitzgerald
North Carolina: Krish Korrapati and James Greene
North Dakota: Tavin Woytassek and Cayle Corey
Ohio: Leo Mancha and Ryan Krivak
Oklahoma: Cameron Atwell and Arjun Deepak
Oregon: Finneus Bonk and Chase McMullen
Pennsylvania: Boden Moraski and Lincoln Laquidara
Rhode Island: Alex Hill and Mark Schoen Cruz
South Carolina: Joshua Begelman and Bennett Askew
South Dakota: Luke Swanson and Owen Kopfmann
Tennessee: Carter Howard and Charlie Russell
Texas: Willie Ray III and Colin Cordova
Utah: Owen Geddes and John Alley Jr.
Vermont: Ryan Walsh and Sam Martin
Virginia: Dylan Hancock and Bokre Samson
Washington: Nate Hamm and Joseph Hwang
West Virginia: Thomas Farrell and Amari Knights
Wisconsin: Andrew Schuler and Edwin Abili
Wyoming: Austin Vondra and Paxton Stevens
Boys Nation at 80. Revisit the history of Boys Nation with our series, originally published ahead of the milestone 75th session and revisited this summer:
路 The 2020s: still a week that shapes a lifetime
路 The 2010s: the stories they told
路 The 2000s: seize the opportunity
路 The 1990s: continuing to build the country鈥檚 leaders
路 The 1980s: a momentous decade and a new home
路 The 1970s: remembering the bicentennial celebration
路 The 1960s: 鈥業 wanted to spend my life being of service鈥
路 The 1950s: 鈥楬elpful to the country as a whole鈥
路 The 1940s: the creation of a Nation
- Boys Nation