Boys Nation - Friday, July 22
The delegates arrive from across the nation to begin their week of adventure at Boys Nation.
The Washington D.C. weather was hot as was the rest of the country, but that didn't damper any of the excitement evident in the boys' eyes.
The delegates initially signed in, received their room keys and Boys Nation polo shirts before heading to their assigned dorm rooms to drop off luggage. Soon they had the opportunity for their first meal at Marymount University and then it was off for their first section meetings followed by an ice cream social mixer.
![Arriving at Marymount University](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_0897.jpg?itok=HqqtxcLc)
Arriving at Marymount University
![Arriving at Marymount University](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_0908.jpg?itok=a2rRFUEp)
Arriving at Marymount University
![Arriving at Marymount University](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_0910.jpg?itok=Ul0PReAv)
Arriving at Marymount University
![Beginning the check-in process](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_0915.jpg?itok=0cfSnRhn)
Beginning the check-in process
![Checking in](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_0919.jpg?itok=7REenfaw)
Checking in
![Mr. Bob Craig checks in a delegate.](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_0922.jpg?itok=bUHmAYSH)
Mr. Bob Craig checks in a delegate.
![Arriving at Marymount](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_0946.jpg?itok=3j5ID8yY)
Arriving at Marymount
![Mr. Tim Aboudara checks in delegates](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_0957.jpg?itok=SlUYojkt)
Mr. Tim Aboudara checks in delegates
![Arriving at Marymount](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_0981.jpg?itok=aDzExFVk)
Arriving at Marymount
![Checking in at Marymount University](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_0984.jpg?itok=vu5sCo4h)
Checking in at Marymount University
![Checking in at Marymount University](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_0986.jpg?itok=E9Xn8PYx)
Checking in at Marymount University
![Checking in at Marymount University](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_1031.jpg?itok=MoZrvyYS)
Checking in at Marymount University
![Mr. Bob Turner greeting the delegates](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_1054.jpg?itok=tRdu_Si2)
Mr. Bob Turner greeting the delegates
![Soon it is time for the delegates first meal at Boys Nation](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_1057.jpg?itok=km4sRMen)
Soon it is time for the delegates first meal at Boys Nation
![Jefferson Section](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_1100.jpg?itok=w21_Cx4b)
Jefferson Section
![Adams Section](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_1103.jpg?itok=fG2XUknO)
Adams Section
![Adams Section](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_1106.jpg?itok=W4k3VU1Z)
Adams Section
![Madison Section](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_1108.jpg?itok=TqxzGTbC)
Madison Section
![Madison Section](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_1112.jpg?itok=XsOMDA3R)
Madison Section
![Washington Section](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_1114.jpg?itok=rMLhJvlu)
Washington Section
![Washington Section](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_1116.jpg?itok=acGh4nJm)
Washington Section
![Arriving at Marymount University](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/img_1207.jpg?itok=VgIhT29Y)
Arriving at Marymount University
![Arriving at Marymount University](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/img_1208.jpg?itok=eOuP4zP5)
Arriving at Marymount University
![Arriving at Marymount University](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/img_1210.jpg?itok=_GXtkHKG)
Arriving at Marymount University
![](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/img_1215.jpg?itok=bKLsza71)
"A Week That Shapes A Lifetime"
![Heading in for the ice cream social and party orientation](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_1119.jpg?itok=Be-coNWA)
Heading in for the ice cream social and party orientation
![Ice cream social - at the end of a long day !](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_1122.jpg?itok=SFQkYD4J)
Ice cream social - at the end of a long day !
![Making a stop at the Boys Nation store](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_1124.jpg?itok=Bsma_6Pk)
Making a stop at the Boys Nation store
![Federalist Party Orientation with counselor Dale Barnett](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_1132.jpg?itok=rW41Jpmy)
Federalist Party Orientation with counselor Dale Barnett
![Federalist Party Orientation with counselor Dale Barnett](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_1142.jpg?itok=JHBvYeJm)
Federalist Party Orientation with counselor Dale Barnett
![Nationalist Party Orientation with counselor Joe McCraith](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_1133.jpg?itok=0rjCaFJo)
Nationalist Party Orientation with counselor Joe McCraith
![Nationalist Party Orientation with counselor Joe McCraith](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/105/2011-07-22/dsc_1134.jpg?itok=lnXptWoA)
Nationalist Party Orientation with counselor Joe McCraith