DAR Essay Contest Winners

April 23, 2009

By SYDNEY STONNER

Every year the Arrow Rock chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution sponsors an essay contest on a topic in American history for fifth- through eighth-grade students at Blackwater, Hardeman, Orearville, Slater and Gilliam schools. On Tuesday, April 21, the winning students and their guests attended a reception with DAR ladies at the J. Huston Tavern in Arrow Rock.

The essayists who won the contest are fifth grader Gentrie Blumhorst, Hardeman; sixth grader Ethan Borgman, Hardeman; seventh grader Karson Heying, Orearville; and eighth grader Sylvia Knox, Orearville.

The students wrote essays on the following topic: "What message did the Gettysburg Address communicate to our war-torn nation in 1863? How are the ideals articulated in the speech still relevant for our country today?"

From left to right: Rosemary Kelly, Karson Heying, Sylvia Knox, DAR Regent Gretchen Shackleford, Ethan Borgman, Gentrie Blumhorst and Mary Burge stand in the entry of J. Huston Tavern in Arrow Rock. Kelly and Burge are co-chairs of the DAR American history essay contest.
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