This year three Meeker High School boys and two girls were selected by the American Legion Post 11 to attend Boys and Girls State this summer hosted at Northeast Oklahoma A&M College of Miami, Okla., and the University of Oklahoma in Norman respectively. The attending boys are Joseph Guercio, Daniel Flowers and Aidan Williams,. The girls are Hope York and Breanna Pearcy. The Oklahoma American Legion Boys and Girls State is an intense week of non-partisan leadership, government and patriotism sponsored by the American Legion of Oklahoma. Delegates to Boys and Girls State will have just completed their junior year of high school and have been selected by their local American Legion Post as a representative of the best of their community. Boys State was established in the 1930’s as a way to counter anti-American activity during the pre-World War II era. It was so successful as a citizenship training activity that it remains the premier program of its type in the United States. Oklahoma Girls State was first held in 1940 conducted by the American Legion Auxiliary. Photos/Brian Blansett