Historical Oration Contest

The Joseph S. Rumbaugh Historical Oration Contest is open to all students attending public, parochial, or private high schools who are in their freshman, sophomore, junior or senior year of study during the contest year. The contest is designed to explore the influence of the Revolutionary war on present day America.

Purpose of the National Contest:

• To bring American History to the high school student and focus on events of today.
• To draw an intelligent relationship between the past and the present.
• To clearly demonstrate freedom of opportunity as a basic right of our national heritage.
• To place a positive emphasis on the plans of our founding fathers.
• To emphasize justice under law in the free society.
• To illustrate how the Revolutionary War influenced our freedom of expression, which originated in the famous 1735 trial of the Colonial New York printer, John Peter Zenger.

This contest is approved by the National Association of Secondary School Principals.

Entry Deadline: March 6, 2012

Awards!

Chapter: 1st place award: $250, 2^nd place: $100, 3^rd place: $50

State:     1^st place award: $500, 2^nd place: $150, 3^rd place: $100

National: 1st place award: $3,000, 2nd place: $2000, 3rd place: $1000

Complete CONTESTANT ENTRY FORM and BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH, omitting your social security number, and mail or email to:

H Dewey Fry  Oration Contest Chairman,