AMVETS Spirit of America Youth Conference

On Nov. 1, 2012, 108 tenth and eleventh graders arrived at the AMVETS Spirit of Amer­ica Youth Con­fer­ence at Free­doms Foun­da­tion in Val­ley Forge, Penn. Spon­sored by AMVETS National Ser­vice Foun­da­tion and State Depart­ments across the coun­try, these high school stu­dents par­tic­i­pated in activ­i­ties cen­tered around Amer­i­can his­tory and civics. Free­doms Foun­da­tion was founded in 1949 and has pro­vided edu­ca­tional pro­grams to both youth and teach­ers, attempt­ing to encour­age a healthy inter­est in his­tory and appre­ci­a­tion for Amer­i­can sym­bols, such as the Dec­la­ra­tion of Inde­pen­dence. At a clos­ing cer­e­mony on Nov. 4, 2012, Past National Com­man­der and National Ser­vice Foun­da­tion Pres­i­dent William Boettcher ded­i­cated a new car­il­lon and Past National Com­man­der Gary L. Fry pre­sented $68,441.05 to Free­doms Foun­da­tion on behalf of AMVETS. Your gen­er­ous dona­tions as AMVETS mem­bers will allow Free­doms Foun­da­tion to con­tinue their pro­grams and ded­i­ca­tion to edu­cat­ing America’s youth.