Third Place, 2012 Dear George Washington Contest Jackson Davis, Fifth Grade Ravenscroft School Jacques Lafayette is a 32 year old French diplomat that was a soldier in the group of French soldiers who came to the America

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• Area studies
• Geography of the United States
• American Revolutionary War
• Louisiana
• Education in New York
• Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
• Lafayette
• Louisiana

Honorable Mention, Dear George Washington Contest 2013 Merri Kelly, Fifth Grade Friends Academy My name is Bailey Watson and I am a runaway slave. I am twenty six years old and “live” in Texas. May 1, 1789 Dear Presi

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• Crimes against humanity
• Slave trade
• Slavery
• Fugitive slave
• History of the United States
• Ethics
• Crime
• Treatment of slaves in the United States
• Slavery in the United States
• Racism
• Abuse

Honorable Mention, 2012 Dear George Washington Contest Lindsey Pepper, Fifth Grade St. George’s Independent School Abigail, a housewife from Boston with five children, agrees that all men are created equal and is very

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• American Enlightenment
• Natural and legal rights
• Slavery
• All men are created equal
• Life
• liberty and the pursuit of happiness
• Ethics
• Political slogans
• United States Declaration of Independence

Honorable Mention, Dear George Washington Contest 2013 Jessie Goldblatt, Fifth Grade Friends Academy Dear George Washington, My name is Betsy Abbott from Sherborn, Massachusetts. I am composing this letter because I am c

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• Education in New York
• Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Honorable Mention, Dear George Washington Contest 2013 Melina Kazanas, Fifth Grade Friends Academy James McCreary is a farmer from Virginia, who is in favor of abolishing slavery, but worries about what might happen afte

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• Kentucky
• Ethics
• International criminal law
• Christian views on slavery
• Slavery
• Abolitionism
• James B. McCreary

5th Grade Program Overview Update: August 28, 2014 In fifth grade we continue to use a balanced literacy approach to provide a solid framework of integration between all language arts

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• North Carolina
• Millers Creek Christian School
• Qingdao MTI International School

Honorable Mention, Dear George Washington Contest 2013 Danny Weight, Fifth Grade Friends Academy Garrett served in the Army in the Revolutionary War, is now living with his wife and children on a farm in New Jersey, and

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Honorable Mention, 2012 Dear George Washington Contest Zachary Miles Hagen-Smith, Fifth Grade Toluca Lake Elementary School 1776 Patriot Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 20, 1789

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• Education in New York
• Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Cub Scouting is for boys in the first through fifth grade. Come join the fun! To find a Cub Scout Pack near you, call the Coronado Are Council at[removed]or

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First Prize, Dear George Washington Contest 2013 Madeline Scanlon, Fifth Grade Friends Academy May 30, 1789 Dear George Washington, My name is Anna Garnwich. I am a widow and I am originally from Germany. I came to Ameri

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