Girls State featured a non-stop schedule of activities and events.

Download the official 2007 VGS city photos

View and download the official city photos of 2007 VGS.

Speakers for 2007

Many highlights of the 2007 VGS session came from the exciting speakers who shared their experiences and thoughts with the delegates. Several of the speakers are gifted members of the VGS staff and counselor team.

The speakers for 2007 VGS included Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen, Senator Lamar Alexander, Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell, former Major Kathy Isaacson and Dr. Veronica Gunn.

Girls Nation 2007

Kori Furcolowe elected Girls Nation President

CHEVY CHASE, MD. - Girls Nation Senator Kori Furcolowe of Clarksville, Tenn., a senior at Rossview High School and daughter of Dean and Angel Furcolowe, was elected Wednesday, July 25, 2007, as President of the American Legion Auxiliary's weeklong youth government program. Fellow Girls Nation senators chose Furcolowe over her Nationalist (Majority) Party opponent, Libby Boerger of Piedmont, South Carolina. Furcolowe's running mate, Leacy Burke of Columbia, South Carolina, was elected Girls Nation Vice President.

Furcolowe met with constituents in whistle stop meetings where she fielded questions concerning national and international issues. She ran as a candidate of the Federalist Party on a platform which emphasized foreign affairs and the importance of civil liberties, national security and defense by placing American citizens and their safety in high priority, and education by improving the quality of our nation's schools by increasing financial support for struggling schools throughout the United States.

Furcolowe and Burke were sworn into office July 26 in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., by American Legion Auxiliary National President JoAnn Cronin.

The American Legion Auxiliary believes in the importance of educating and training young women in the ideals and objectives of American government by giving them the motivation and support for success. Their Girls Nation program teaches girls about government on the federal level. These future leaders who comprise Girls Nation, represent the voice of teenagers from across the country. Girls Nation Senators bring with them the ideas and concerns of today's youth, in the form of their own bills and resolutions, which are then vigorously debated in a model government senate session that imitates real Senate sessions.