VERGENNES — The American Legion Auxiliary Department of Vermont and Unit 14 of Vergennes will sponsor two junior girls, Madeline DeGraaf and Mykenzie Duffy, as delegates to Vermont Girls’ State, June 20-24. This year’s Girls State conference will be a virtual event.

The purpose of Girls’ State is to provide citizenship training for girls of high school age and to inform them about the duties, privileges, rights and responsibilities of American citizenship, in order that they may understand and participate in the functioning of their government.