Missouri Boys State is an 8-day youth program held each June to teach Missouri high school students leadership and the workings of government.
[4] The Missouri Boys State program hosts approximately 960 students, or citizens, and more than 130 volunteer staff members for 8 days on the Lindenwood University[5] campus.
During the week, the citizens of MBS create a fully functioning mock government [6] modeled after the State of Missouri.
The Boys State program was designed to promote democracy, and counteract the fascist principles taught to the youth in Germany.
[7] The individuals responsible for founding the Missouri Boys State program officially in the spring of 1938 were: