CHEYENNE– Liberty Whitebird, Leni Dimas, and Lashea Dimas of Guernsey- Sunrise High School were selected to attend the 2024 session of the American Legion Auxiliary Wyoming Girls State held on the campus of Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne, June 9-15. 2024.
American Legion Auxiliary Girls State was established in 1941 and is an annual program designed as a practical experience in self – government, based on Wyoming State Government. Wyoming Girls State was not held in 1944 and 1945 due to WWII. Girls State is non-partisan and non-political in that no existing party is promoted.
The program emphasizes the importance of government in modern life and educates young women in the duties, privileges, rights, and responsibilities of American Citizenship. It awakens a sincere conviction that a well-informed, intelligent, participating citizenry is vital to protect and preserve our American institutions and our democracy. These goals are achieved by actual participation in a simulation of the political and governmental process.
Liberty Whitebird, Leni Dimas and Lashea Dimas were selected for their outstanding achievements, within their own school and community, and were sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary – J.J. Webb, Unit No. 95 in Guernsey.