BAY MINETTE, Alabama — Maggie Diehl has been selected as the Baldwin County High School representative for Girls State.

Boys State and Girls State are summer leadership and citizenship programs sponsored by The American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary for high school juniors.

She will attend the June conference on the campus of the University of Alabama. American Legion Auxiliary Girls State is a nonpartisan program that teaches young women responsible citizenship and love for God and country.

Since the inception of the Girls State program in 1937, nearly 1 million young people have had the opportunity to learn first-hand how their state and local government works. 

Participants learn how to participate in the functioning of their state’s government in preparation for their future roles as responsible adult citizens. Girls State is intended for the most outstanding girls, from the standpoint of leadership, character, and scholarship in the high schools.