I think I can say that very few things surprise me these days. I pride myself in being fairly astute…even throw around the fact I grew up in the mean streets of New York but I have recently been floored, surprised, and even amazed.

This last week I had the opportunity to play “fly-on-the-wall” for the annual American Legion Boys State conference in Flagstaff, Arizona, and man what an incredible event and group of people.

At first I could not quite put my finger on what the event was about. Was it about teaching young men about how to be better citizens? Read more