Past Winners
Want to see some samples of essays for scholarship applications that have actually won in the past? Click on the examples below and read over some winning scholarship essays of the past.
2011 Independence Day Essay Contest
Josephine Kao: "We Are All American"
2011 Hays C. Kirby Memorial Essay Contest
Dillon Christopher Stull: "Take Me Off the Wall"
2010 Veterans Day Essay Contest
Catherine Trisch: "The Sweetest Words"
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2010 Independence Day Essay Contest
Megan Elizabeth Gil: "Dearest Daughter..."
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2010 Hays C. Kirby Memorial Essay Contest
Madison Scruggs: "I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag"
2009 Veterans Day Contest
Amanda Miller: "What Do We Owe Our Veterans?"
2008 Veterans Day Contest
Drew Dahlsten: "How I Intend to Observe This Day"
2008 Independence Day Contest
Alicia Chan: "My Personal Day of Gratitude"
2008 Memorial Day Contest
Hiram Mojica: "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death"
2007 Veterans Day Contest
Michael Thomas: "My Personal Salute to America's Veterans"
2007 Independence Day Contest
Matthew Johnson: "America--Founded for Freedom"
2007 Memorial Day Contest
Sean Dzierzanowski: "Abraham Lincoln"
2006 Veterans Day Contest
Brittany Foster: "What the Bill of Rights Means to Me"
2006 Patriot Contest
Kenneth Lan: "Why the Constitution is Important to America... and to Me"
2005 Patriot Contest
Jessica Madrid: "How Our Freedoms Influence My Life"
2004 Patriot Contest
Kyle Macfarlan: "What Patriotism Means to Me"
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