The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is accepting entries into the 2016-17 Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen scholarship competitions. This year’s Voice of Democracy theme asks students to explain “My Responsibility to America.” The Voice of Democracy scholarship competition is an audio-essay competition open to freshmen to senior high school students. The national winner will receive the $30,000 T.C. Selman Memorial Scholarship Award. The Patriot’s Pen competition is open to students in sixth to eighth grades and they are asked to reflect on the statement “The America I Believe In.” The national winner will receive a $5,000 award. Student participants are asked to submit their entry (along with a completed entry form) to their participating VFW Post. For more information on the contests, visit vfw.org/youth.
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