WRSSAR (local) Poster Contest Award Levels: $150, $125, $100
State and National Contests also offer 1st, 2nd and 3rd place cash awards.
The top poster in each school wins $25 regardless of whether it also places 1st, 2nd, or third in the overall contest.
Poster Due Date: Match 27th
This year's theme is: Pick ANY man or woman, of any race or creed, who supported the US cause in the Revolutionary War. They can be soldiers, politicians, business people, nurses, poets, etc. Some novel ideas are listed below but these are options, not mandatory:
a) Crispus Attucks of Boston (first man to die in the rebellion)
b) Salem Poor from the Battles of Bunker Hill and Saratoga
c) Phyllis Wheatley - Patriot Poet, former slave, supporter of Washington, 3rd woman to publish a book of poetry in the new nation.
