Boys Nation 2017 Underway in Washington

It’s a delicate timeline each year at American Legion Boys Nation, a balancing act affected by air travel, weather, the vagaries of D.C. politics — and traffic — and more. Over the next week, we’ll follow the moments of the 71st annual edition of Boys Nation, which began Friday with 98 delegates from 49 states headed to Marymount University in Arlington, Va., for “a week that shapes a lifetime.”   READ MORE