Robert Walker of West Point (l-r), Benjamin Payne and Jack Collins, both of Ridgeland, and Solomon Brown of Greenwood, enjoy the closing awards ceremony for the Mississippi American Legion Boys State program Saturday [May 30] in Lee Hall's Bettersworth Auditorium. Brown and Payne were elected by their peers to travel to the nationâs capital for the July 17-24 Boys Nation program. Walker and Collins are serving as alternates in case either delegate is unable to attend. For more on the Boys State awards program, click here.