This year’s essay topic was focused around the American Legion and its 100th anniversary. Students were asked to reflect on the American Legion, what it is, how it serves our veterans, and how we can get veterans of recent wars, like Iraq and Afganistan, to join the Legion. First Place: The winning […]

*Submissions for 2019 are now closed. Information about 2020’s essay contest will be made available closer to the 2020 Veteran’s Day Parade. In the meantime, you can view the winning essays here.* We are excited to announce that we are currently accepting submissions for the Mary Ryan Memorial Essay Contest, in honor […]

This year’s winner of the Mary Ryan Memorial Essay Contest is Makenna Linsky, a 6th grader at E.T. Richardson Middle School. Makenna wrote about her great grandfather’s service as a switchboard operator during WWII. First Place Thank you, Makenna and congratulations! You can read her essay below: I remember my great-grandad as […]

We are excited to announce this year’s winner of the Mary Ryan Memorial Essay Contest. This year’s winner is Brendan Hung, an 8th grader at Radnor Middle School. Brendan’s essay illuminates the struggles veterans face when transitioning back to civilian life after deployment and explores what students like him can do to […]