American Legion Post Announces Oratorical Contest

The purpose of The American Legion High School OratoricalScholarship
Program “A Constitutional Speech Contest” is to develop a
deeper knowledge and appreciation of the Constitution of the
United States on the part of high school students. Other
objectives of the contest include the development of
leadership qualities, the ability to think and speak clearly
and intelligently, and the preparation for acceptance of the
duties and responsibilities, the rights and privileges of
American citizenship.
Scholarship awards are presented to the three finalists in the
final round of the national contest as follows: 1st
Place—$18,000.00; 2nd Place—$16,000.00; 3rd
Place—$14,000.00. Each participant in the first round at
national will receive a $1500.00 scholarship. And each first
round winner who advances to and participates in the second
round will receive an additional $1500.00 scholarship.
Eligible participants in the contest shall be citizens of or lawful
permanent residents of the United States. All contestants must be bona
fide students herein described as any student under the age of 20 years on
the date of the national contest who is presently
enrolled in a high school (9-12 GRADES) (public, parochial, military,
private or home school) in which the cirriculum is
considered to be of high school level , commencing with grade nine (9) and
terminating with grade twelve (12). Students must be enrolled in high
school during the time of participation at any level of the contest.
High school students that graduate early during the school year are
eligible to compete if they are not enrolled in college, university, trade
school or other institutiion of higher learning at the time of the
department finals contest.
Mr. William F. Curtis, Government Teacher at Cannon County High
School, is the contest coordinator, for Post 279 competition. Mr. John
Basinger is the Oratorical Contest Director for the American Legion Post
279. American Legion Post 279 competition is scheduled for Monday,
7:00PM, January 7, 2013 at the Senior Citizens Center in Woodbury.
District level will be February 18, 2013 in Murfreesboro. Divisional
level will be at
the Senior Citizens Center in Woodbury on Saturday, February 23,
2013 and on March 2, 2013.