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CHRIS FOX PHOTO Elmhurst Independent
Students from Elmhurst schools take part in VFW Post 2801’s essay competitions
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Pictured left to right are: Sophia Kamenica—a freshman at York High School, who placed third in the Voice of Democracy contest; Lilly Kay Sherman of Sandburg Middle School in Elmhurst, who won first-place honors in the Patriot’s Pen contest; Sadie E. Ohm of Immanuel Lutheran School in Elmhurst, who placed second in the Patriot’s Pen contest; Carson J. Burnham, also of Immanuel Lutheran School, who placed third in the Patriot’s Pen contest; and Mario Palermo Jr., a senior at Montini Catholic High School, who received the second-place award in the Voice of Democracy contest. Not pictured is Vivien Johnson, who attends Timothy Christian High School in Elmhurst. She won the first-place award in the post’s Voice of Democracy contest.
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Villa Park Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 2801 recently held its 2024-25 Patriot’s Pen and Voice of Democracy essay competitions. The two competitions, which are conducted by VFW posts across the nation, encouraged students to express their views on an annual patriotic theme. The Patriot’s Pen contest is open to students in grades 6-8, while the Voice of Democracy contest is open to high school students. The 2024-25 theme for the Patriot’s Pen program was “My Voice in America’s Democracy?” The 2024-25 theme for the Voice of Democracy event was “Is America Today Our Forefathers’ Vision?” Earlier this month, Post 2801 welcomed the students who entered its recent essay competitions. The photo shows five of the six students who finished first, second and third in the two essay competitions.