
Daily Schedule
All times are Central (CDT)
Sunday, May 25
FIRST DAY
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12:00 | REGISTRATION (In delegate housing located in Capital Quad - Maddux / McCord Halls & Cooper / Dunn Halls) |
1:30 | GET ACQUAINTED TIME: Meet your fellow delegates and counselors, arrange your room, and dress in a Boys State t-shirt. |
2:30 | ORGANIZATIONAL MEETINGS BY CITIES: Counselors will direct delegates to their designated city meeting location. Organize athletic teams, begin selection of oratory contestants, and correct rosters. |
4:50 | Prepare for supper and city photographs. Delegates wear dark pants and Boys State shirts. |
*5:00 | FORMATION by cities in Assembly Area located West of Boys State Headquarters (near STEM Center) |
5:45 | SUPPER AND CITY PHOTOGRAPHS
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7:20 | Delegates seated in Bryan Fine Arts Auditorium |
7:30 | MEMORIAL SERVICE
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7:50 | ORIENTATION ASSEMBLY
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9:00 | ORGANIZE DRILL AND CEREMONIES (formation area) |
10:15 | Lights out immediately. Remember, your room is your home—Be there!
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Monday, May 26
SECOND DAY
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*6:50 | FORMATION | |||||||||||||||
7:00 | BREAKFAST - Bradshaw City provides a delegate to say invocation, flag raising, and leads the way to the
meal.
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7:15 | Levi, Maddux, Mathis, Roberts, Watson, & Alexander proceed to breakfast. | |||||||||||||||
8:15 | CITY PARTY CAUCUSES: Jacksonians and Johnsonians of each city meet separately in locations specified by
Senior and Junior Counselors to select each party's nominees for Mayor (1), Alderman (4),
County Commissioners (2), and State Representatives (8). Candidates begin campaigning for city offices.
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*10:15 | FORMATION | |||||||||||||||
10:30 | Move to Bryan Fine Arts Auditorium for Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett – Elections and Other Responsibilities of the Secretary of State | |||||||||||||||
11:15 | Address by MG Brad Bowlin, Commander, 36th Infantry Division – Leading by Example | |||||||||||||||
11:50 | LUNCH: Cheek City provides a delegate to say invocation and leads the way to meal. Cheek, Dornan, Drennon, Hensley, Lahiere, and Levi proceed to lunch first. | |||||||||||||||
12:00 | Maddux, Mathis, Roberts, Watson, Alexander, and Bradshaw are dismissed for lunch. | |||||||||||||||
1:15 | COUNTY PARTY CONVENTIONS | |||||||||||||||
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2:45 | STATE PARTY CAUCUSES
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4:00 | ATHLETICS | |||||||||||||||
5:30 | END ATHLETIC PERIOD | |||||||||||||||
*5:50 | FORMATION | |||||||||||||||
6:00 | SUPPER
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6:50 | CONTINUE CAMPAIGNING FOR CITY AND COUNTY OFFICES | |||||||||||||||
7:15 | CITY AND COUNTY ELECTIONS - Vote by Cities | |||||||||||||||
*7:30 | FORMATION | |||||||||||||||
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8:45 | LTC Ben Sweeney Presentation - Senior Reserve Officer Training Corps (SROTC) | |||||||||||||||
10:15 | Lights out.
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Tuesday, May 27
THIRD DAY
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*6:50 | FORMATION |
7:00 | BREAKFAST - Drennon City provides delegate to say invocation, flag raising, and leads way to meal.
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7:30 | Roberts, Watson, Alexander, Bradshaw, Cheek, & Dornan proceed to breakfast. |
8:30 | STATE PARTY CAUCUSES
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9:30 | CAMPAIGNING FOR STATE PRIMARIES |
10:40 | DELEGATES SEATED in Bryan Fine Arts Auditorium |
10:45 | Discussion of Major Political Issues in Tennessee
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11:45 | LUNCH - Hensley City provides a delegate to say invocation and leads way to meal. Senior Counselors’ Meeting |
12:45 | CONTINUE CAMPAIGNING FOR STATE PRIMARIES |
1:00 | PETITIONS FOR STATE PRIMARIES DUE IN HEADQUARTERS: No Exceptions! (party members 25 signatures with voter ID numbers; independents 300 signatures with voter ID numbers) |
1:10 | Move to Bryan Fine Arts Auditorium for the Social Media & Online Behavior Program presented by District Attorney General Bryant Dunaway |
2:00 | MOVE TO CLASSROOMS (SCALES Program Study)
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4:00 | ATHLETICS (2nd Round) |
5:30 | END ATHLETIC PERIOD |
*5:50 | FORMATION |
6:00 | SUPPER - Lahiere City provides a delegate to say invocation and then leads way to meal in the Ashraf Islam Engineering Building Atrium – College of Engineering Presentation |
7:00 | STATE PRIMARY ELECTIONS (Vote by Cities) |
*7:20 | TMove to Bryan Fine Arts Auditorium for Van Hilleary, Chief of Staff for Congressman John Rose – Leadership at the Next Level: Serving Tennesseans |
8:00 | TUG OF WAR (Tucker Stadium) |
10:15 | Lights out.
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Wednesday, May 28
FOURTH DAY
Jacksonian Schedule
*6:50 | FORMATION |
7:00 |
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8:30 | Jacksonians are seated in Bryan Fine Arts Auditorium for the SCALES Program with the Tennessee Supreme Court. |
9:00 | SCALES Program for Jacksonians |
10:00 | Jacksonians move to RUC Tech Pride Room for debriefing. |
11:00 | Jacksonians remain in RUC Tech Pride Room for the Tennessee Tech Presentation. |
11:45 | Jacksonians proceed to LUNCH |
Johnsonian Schedule
*6:50 | FORMATION |
7:00 |
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7:30 | Johnsonian party members proceed to breakfast. |
9:00 | Johnsonians are seated in Stonecipher Auditorium 113 for the Tennessee Tech Presentation. |
10:05 | Johnsonians are seated in Bryan Fine Arts Auditorium for the SCALES Program with the Tennessee Supreme Court. |
10:15 | SCALES Program for Johnsonians |
11:15 | Johnsonians move to Stonecipher Aud 113 for debriefing. |
12:00 | Johnsonians proceed to LUNCH |
Normal Schedule Resumes
12:50 | JACKSONIANS and JOHNSONIANS reunite with Cities and MOVE TO Bryan Fine Arts Auditorium |
1:00 | STATE ELECTION CAMPAIGNING
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2:30 | STATE GENERAL ELECTION - Bryan Fine Arts Auditorium |
4:00 | ATHLETICS (3rd Round) |
5:30 | END ATHLETIC PERIOD |
*5:50 | FORMATION |
6:00 | >SUPPER - Maddux City
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7:20 | BE SEATED IN Bryan Fine Arts Auditorium |
7:30 | TBI Assistant Director Josh Melton Address – State Agency Leadership |
8:45 | JACKSONIAN/JOHNSONIAN ALL-STAR BASKETBALL GAME - Hooper Eblen Center (All Must Attend). Jacksonians sit on the North Side, and Johnsonians sit on the South Side. |
10:15 | Lights out.
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Thursday, May 29
FIFTH DAY
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*6:50 | FORMATION | |||||||||||||||||||||
7:00 | BREAKFAST - Mathis City provides delegate to say invocation, flag raising, and leads way to meal.
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7:30 | Drennon, Hensley, Lahiere, Levi, Maddux, & Mathis proceed to breakfast | |||||||||||||||||||||
8:30 | MEET BY CITIES – Take Test & Prepare for Organizational Meetings | |||||||||||||||||||||
9:20 | DELEGATES PROCEED TO BRYAN FINE ARTS HALL FOR ADDRESS | |||||||||||||||||||||
9:30 | BG Corey Kinton, Director, Joint Staff - Tennessee National Guard – Military Department Address | |||||||||||||||||||||
10:00 | Organizational Meetings/Executive, Legislative, and Judicial bodies. Each citizen must attend one of the sessions. City and county officials attend city council and county court sessions, respectively.. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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11:45 | LUNCH - Roberts City provides delegate to say invocation and leads way to meal. | |||||||||||||||||||||
1:15 | The following Organizational Meetings reconvene. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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3:30 | ATHLETICS (4th Round) Boys Nation nominee interviews (RUC room 224)) |
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5:15 | END ATHLETIC PERIOD | |||||||||||||||||||||
*5:30 | FORMATION | |||||||||||||||||||||
5:45 | SUPPER -Watson City leads the way to meal to Main Quad for supper.
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7:15 | ORATORICAL CONTEST
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8:45 | PARADE PRACTICE – ALL CITIES MEET IN THE FORMATION AREA | |||||||||||||||||||||
10:15 | Lights out.
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Friday, May 30
SIXTH DAY (LAST DAY)
Time | Event |
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*6:50 | FORMATION FOR ALL |
7:00 | BREAKFAST - Alexander City provides delegate to say invocation, flag raising, and leads way to meal.. |
8:00 | CLEAN UP AND PACK:
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8:45 | CITY MEETING
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*9:45 | FORMATION |
10:00 | PREPARE FOR PARADE |
10:30 | INAUGURATION CEREMONY - Hooper Eblen Center
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11:55 | PROGRAM ENDS - HAVE A SAFE TRIP HOME |
*WHISTLE WILL SOUND AT TIMES INDICATED BY AN ASTERISK. ALL FORMATIONS WILL BE BY CITIES IN THE LARGE PARKING LOT WEST OF HEADQUARTERS UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED. ROLL CALL WILL BE MADE AT EACH FORMATION.
Delegate Resources
TNALBS Blue Book 2025
TNALBS Map
TN Supreme Court SCALES Handbook
Boys State Reading & Study Guide 2025
State Party Caucus- 2 Minute Speeches Outline
Party Nominee Presentations- 6 Minute Speeches Outline