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Veterans' Day Essay Contest sponsored by the Lexington Town Celebrations Committee

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Submission for Veterans' Day Essay Contest

The purpose of this essay contest is to honor and raise awareness about our veterans. We are proposing the following questions to stimulate thought and discussion about the meaning of Veterans’ Day. Please compose your essay around one of these topics.

1. Do you know a veteran? Describe the role that veteran has played in your life. What is the most important lesson you learned from this person?

2. In a recent Gallup poll on the most important problems facing this country today, the Afghan war barely registered. This is a marked contrast to Vietnam and to WWII when American society had strong feelings about the US military and its veterans.
What might be some factors that would account for our society’s current disengagement from its military and its veterans?

3. Veterans' Day is the day America pays tribute to its veterans, considered by many to be a “national treasure.” Describe some of the ways in which you think our veterans are a national treasure.

Contest Rules:
a. Open to students in grades 6 through 12.
b. Participants must reside in or attend school in Lexington.
c. Maximum length of essay 400 words.
d. Entries must be original work.
e. One winner will be selected from Middle School level (grades 6-8) and
    one winner from High School level (grades 9-12).
f. Deadline for entries is midnight, October 23, 2012.
g. Winners must be available to participate in the parade and ceremony
    on Monday, November 12, 2012.
h. All essays submitted will become part of the permanent collection at
    Cary Memorial Library.

Please fill out the information below to submit your essay for the contest.

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Thank you for your entry!
Winners will be contacted by the Town Celebrations Committee and will:
a. Receive a cash prize
b. March as honored guests in the Veterans' Day Parade on November 12.
c. Read their winning essays at the Veterans' Day Ceremony at Cary Hall.
d. Have their essays published in the Lexington Minuteman, Colonial Times,
and Lexington Patch.

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