Learning history in a new light
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Principal Barbara Jones congratulates Janie Howard Elementary students Brianna Heath, 5th grader, and McKenzie Yodonis, 3rd grader, for winning the DAR essay writing contest on Monday, Feb. 11 .
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Daughters of the American Revolution Lake Wales Chapter essay contest winners (l-r, front row) Rebecca Fernandez and Alyssa Stuart from Janie Howard Wilson Elementary; Christina Cunningham and Brianna Heath from Dale R. Fair Babson Park Elementary; McKenzie Yodonis from Hillcrest Elementary on Monday, Feb. 11. (l-r, back row) Hillcrest Elementary Principal Jennifer Barrow, Dale R. Fair Babson Park Elementary Principal Kenneth Henson, DAR Historian Sylvia Carson and Janie Howard Wilson Elementary Principal Barbara Jones.
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Daughters of the American Revolution Lake Wales Chapter members (l-r, seated) Virginia Okie, Judy Cassidy, Sandra Parrish and Mimi Hardman; (l-r, standing) Paula Blackwelder, Marlene Swartzfager, Karen Wolzanski, Billie Jo Whidden, Sally Erd and Sylvia Carson met on Monday, Feb. 11 to award the annual student essay contest winners.
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DAR Historian Sylvia Carson presents awards to essay writing contest winners Luke Markley, LWHS, and Elizabeth Maria Lizalde, Frostproof High School on Monday, Feb. 11.
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Kathy Mabry with daughter Jordon, Vanguard High School senior, Principal Derri Park and Mabry's grandmother Leesie Snell attended the Daughters of the American Revolution Lake Wales Chapter essay writing contest awards ceremony on Monday, Feb 11.
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Robin Dale with daughter Alyssa Stuart, awarded 4th place in DAR essay writing contest on Monday, Feb. 11.
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Sylvia Hitchcock Carson, Miss Universe 1967 and historian for Lake Wales Daughters of American Revolution, awarded annual DAR essay writing contest winners on Monday, Feb. 11.
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DAR historian Sylvia Carson presents essay contest awards to McLaughlin Middle School and Fine Arts Academy students Sean-Paul Adams and Jackie Sherer at ceremony on Monday, Feb. 11.
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DAR historian Sylvia Carson presents essay contest awards to McLaughlin Middle School and Fine Arts Academy students Sean-Paul Adams and Jackie Sherer at ceremony on Monday, Feb. 11.
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Daughters of the American Revolution Lake Wales Chapter essay writing contest winners (L-R front row) Rebecca Fernandez and Alyssa Stuart from Janie Howard Wilson Elementary; Christina Cunningham and Brianna Heath from Dale R. Fair Babson Park Elementary; McKenzie Yodonis from Hillcrest Elementary. (L-R back row) Hillcrest Elementary Principal Jennifer Barrow, Dale R. Fair Babson Park Elementary Principal Kenneth Henson, DAR Historian Sylvia Carson and Janie Howard Wilson Elementary Principal Barbara Jones.
Unsung heroes of the American Revolutionary War are teaching lessons in patriotism to Lake Wales students. Winners of the annual American History Essay Contest, sponsored by the Lake Wales Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, wrote about Deborah Sampson, our nation’s first woman soldier.
“We know about the great patriots in history, so this year national wanted to call attention to the forgotten ones, the unsung heroes,” explained Sylvia Hitchcock Carson, DAR historian. “We want to make children more aware of history because we learn from history. It’s all of us together uniting in a common goal of freedom.”
