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History Day Student Awards

4/20/2015

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18 Apr 2015                                               Petersburg, VA

by Dr. J. Thomas Whetstone, VASSAR Chairman, 2015 History Day Support Committee
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Left to right: Williamsburg Chapter President Don Swain, Junior Division Winners Bennett & William Brabrand, Virginia SAR History Day Chairman Tom Whetstone.
    The Virginia Society SAR recognized the best Junior and Senior Division student presentations about the Revolutionary War at Virginia History Day.  This event took place on a rather warm Saturday, April 18, 2015, on the campus of Virginia State University in Petersburg.  

    Students from throughout the Commonwealth were judged on their individual exhibits, websites, documentaries, or papers or through group performances or exhibits.  Separate competitions were conducted for Junior (middle school) and Senior (high school) divisions.  There were about 150 student entries, on subjects from throughout world history to recent times, ranging from ancient China and Greece to Ronald Reagan and Burma's Ang San Suu Kyi.

     Competing students made their presentations before History Day judges during the morning of April 18.  Winners were recognized with awards in an afternoon ceremony.

     Members of the 2015 VASSAR History Day Support Committee are Williamsburg President Donald Swain, Thomas Nelson, Jr. President Raymond Meyer, Williamsburg Chaplain Dr. James Henry, Williamsburg Secretary Harley Stewart, Williamsburg Immediate Past President Robert Spencer, and Committee Chairman Dr. J. Thomas Whetstone, Norfolk Immediate Past President.  Messers Swain, Meyer, Stewart, and Whetstone served as the VASSAR judges for the April 18 competition.  The committee thanks Tab Broyles of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation for her coordinating efforts. 
At the History Day Awards Ceremony, VASSAR presented awards to:

Junior Winners: Bennett and William Brabrand               Outstanding Citizenship Pin + $50                                                                                                         each – for their excellent group                                                                                                         exhibit on Patrick Henry

Senior Winner: Monika Grabowska                                  Bronze Good Citizenship Medal +                                                                                                         $100 – for her excellent paper “An                                                                                                     Example for Future Ages:Tadeusz                                                                                                     Kosciuszko's Quest to Free Thomas                                                                                                     Jefferson's Slaves”

Senior Runner-Up: Tiffany Dawson                                  Outstanding Citizenship Pin --for her                                                                                                 excellent website, “Thomas Paine: His                                                                                                 Leadership and Legacy”
     VASSAR supports Virginia History Day to encourage student interest in the history of the American Revolution.  Williamsburg Chapter SAR is committed to continue its longtime support, working this year and in the future within the VASSAR committee for this Virginia-wide event.

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Information for the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge

4/1/2015

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     Please join us as we celebrate the 241st Anniversary of the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, the 1st* Patriot victory during the war for Independence.  Activities will include musket and cannon demonstrations throughout both days, as well as demonstrations of colonial trades such as blacksmithing, candle dipping, spinning, cooking, gardening, powder horn making, colonial toys and games, live music, and much more.  For up to date information, please follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/moorescreeknps.  The event is FREE and activities will take place on Saturday and Sunday, February 25-26, 2017 from 10:00 am-4:00 pm.

     The combined North Carolina SAR Color Guard and North Carolina DAR chapters will commence a memorial walk on Saturday February 25 starting at the visitor’s center at 10:00 AM.  There will be wreaths presented at the Women’s Momunment, at the Moore Monument, at the Loyalist Monument and finally at the Patriot John Grady Monument.

GARY O. GREEN, Lt Col, USAF (Ret)
President, North Carolina SAR
State President's Goals:  Retention, Communication, Veterans Recognition
6720 Creek Ridge Rd
Wilmington, NC  28411-8908
910-612-3676

* in North Carolina

                             RSVP to get your wreath properly recognized.

     Vendors will be available for lunch at the Battleground.  In addition, around 11:30 AM following the event a fund-raising lunch will be served at the Currie Community Baptist Church.  The cost will be $10 per person;  Seating is limited; reservations for the meal are required with John Thornhill by 10 Feb 2017.  Cell phone contact: (910) 284-0232

     Overnight accommodations have been reserved at the Hampton Inn University Area in Wilmington.  Reservations for the Inn may be made:

Hampton Inn Wilmington University Area
124 Old Eastwood Road Wilmington, NC 28403
Main: 910.791.9899
Fax: 910.791.9895
http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/groups/personalized/I/ILMEWHX-SAR-20170223/index.jhtml

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