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SENATE SESSIONS BEGIN!�e �rst Senate session kicked o� today. �e senators quickly got to work within their political parties and elected a party chairman, a senate secretary, and the president pro-tem.

DID YOU KNOW?�e ALA Girls Nation president pro-tem presides over the Senate immediately following her election until a vice president is elected.

President Pro-TemChloe ShamesOklahoma

DID YOU KNOW?�e ALA Girls Nation Senate secretary must keep Senate roll in order, submit bills and resolutions, and also act as timekeeper.

Senate SecretaryCaroline FinleyLouisiana

TODAY’S SCHEDULE OVERVIEW

Arlington National Cemetery

Wreath Laying Ceremony

Patriotic Ceremony

Senate Begins

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SENATE IS IN SESSION!

Chaplain:Hayden SledgeAlabama

Senate Reporter:Jade SewellIllinois

Sergeant-At-Arms:Brianna Maddock North Dakota

Assistant Sergeant-At-Arms:RyAnne Blau Nebraska

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ALA National President 2016-2017 Mary Davis

ALA Executive Director Mary “Dubbie” Buckler

ALA Girls Nation Chairman Melanie Taylor

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ALA Girls Nation PledgeFor God and Country, I promise to give unselfish and constructive cooperation, to share with others the benefits of my experience as a senator of ALA Girls

Nation, to participate in the government of my country, state and nation upon reaching

my majority, and above all, to constantly exemplify the highest type of Americanism.

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2017 ALA GIRLS NATION ELECTED PARTY OFFICERS

Party ChairRiya Jain

Tennessee

Party Vice ChairCali “Allana”

O’ShieldsSouth Carolina

Party Secretary Felicity Horan

Hawaii

Party ChairCaroline Irving

California

Party Vice ChairLauren

LautermilchOhio

Party Secretary Mamie Hertel

Montana

2017 Nationalist Party Delegates

Community Senator NameAlexandria Lauren Lautermilch, OHBethesda Mamie Hertel, MTChevy Chase Mina Burton, MSFoggy Bottom Caroline Irving, CAGeorgetown Eda Uzunlar, SDPotomac Sophia Kriz, NERockville Mackenzie O’Connor, AKSpring Valley Eleanor “Ella” Lange, NH

2017 Federalist Party Delegates Community Senator Name

Alexandria Megan Valliere, COBethesda Morgan Savage, KSChevy Chase Mariah Dunn, IDFoggy Bottom Robyn Anzulis, MDGeorgetown Cali “Allana” O’Shields, SCPotomac Riya Jain, TNRockville Felicity Horan, HISpring Valley Claire Meakem, PA

Federalists

Nationalists

Did You Know?

At ALA Girls Nation, party chairmen are responsible for

running the party caucus, party conventions, and the party rally. �e party chairperson is a very important position in the party.

�e ALA Girls Nation party vice chairmen assist the party

chairman throughout the caucus, party conventions, and

party rallies.

�e ALA Girls Nation party secretaries take notes on all

party business.

Together, these positions serve a vital role within their

respective parties as they ensure the success of the party through their leadership and attention

to detail.

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AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARYGirls NationARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY�e ALA Girls Nation senators had the opportunity to visit Arlington National Cemetery. �e trip included a narrated tour, participation in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and a Patriotic Service in the Arlington National Cemetery Amphitheater where the senators sang patriotic songs and read poems in tribute to the fallen. A�er the ceremony, the senators visited President John F. Kennedy’s gravesite and Arlington House.

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ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY (CONTINUED)