Cadet Dolfi Earns Place at Boys State
Cadet Luciano Dolfi (Stuarts Draft, VA) has been accepted to the American Legion’s Boys State this summer.
Waynesboro, VA – Fishburne Military School Battalion Sergeant Major, Cadet Luciano Dolfi (Stuarts Draft, VA), has been invited to participate in the American Legion’s 74th session of Virginia Boys State to be held at Radford University on June 19th-25th. The annual event brings hand-selected students from around the state together for a week-long, intensive session of practical training in the mechanics of citizenship and governance. Those invited must first be nominated by their school officials, then accepted by a local American Legion post before going on for final selection by the event organizers.
According to the Virginia Boys State website (www.vaboysstate.org) “Each level of government will be run by those delegates who are elected to serve. Instruction will be presented on the law and court system, parliamentary procedure and Virginia political history.” In 20015, over 600 of Virginia’s best and brightest rising high school seniors came together for the 73rd session.
Boys State was founded by The American Legion in 1935 as a counter-measure to the rising world-wide tide of Fascism and Nazism. Since then, young leaders have come together annually to form a 51st state…Boys State. In doing so, students are immersed in “the rights and privileges, the duties and the responsibilities of a franchised citizen. The training is objective and practical with city, county and state governments operated by the students elected to the various offices. Activities include legislative sessions, court proceedings, law enforcement presentations, assemblies, bands, chorus and recreational programs.”
“This is such a rich and incredible experience for any young man who is consciously working to develop his own leadership style,” notes LTC Robert Hunt USA(ret), Fishburne’s Senior Army Instructor. “Mr. Dolfi is exactly the kind of young man who can take an experience like this and have it shape and inform his growth as a leader for the rest of his life. FMS couldn’t have made a better selection and, I think, The American Legion is going to be quite impressed by this young man.”
Hunt, along with the FMS Headmaster, LTC Dan Baranik (VA), recommended Dolfi to the local American Legion Post 340 who, in turn, enthusiastically nominated him to Boys State organizers. Post 340 chose to officially sponsor Dolfi’s attendance and will help cover to any associated expenses.
Fishburne Military School is the oldest and smallest of all military schools for boys in Virginia. Its college-prep curriculum is built upon the structure of an Army JROTC program. FMS is designated as a JROTC Honor Unit with Distinction and may nominate qualified candidates to the United States Service Academies. Fishburne hosts one of only four Summer JROTC programs in the nation, accredited by US Army Cadet Command.
