Celebrating a Century: America's National Parks Essay Contest In Towamencin

Each year, the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution has their annual essay contest for grades 5-8. The Towamencin Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is sponsoring the essay contest for any student in grades 5-8.

The 2016 – 2017 essay contest topic is “Celebrating a Century: America's National Parks”. The National Park Service was established by Congress in 1916 and manages approximately 84.4 million acres of national parks.

This year students will pretend they are writing a journal while visiting one of the 58 national parks. Identify its location. Discuss why and when it was established as a national park. What makes this park one of our national treasures?

The deadline for receipt of completed essays is November 11, 2016. Essays should be e-mailed to SandyDAR@comcast.net.

The Towamencin Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is looking forward to the opportunity to read student’s essays and hope it leads to another student representing the area at the National level and a potential National winner in July 2017. Please contact Sandy Valenti for essay contest guidelines and/or any questions regarding the contest at SandyDAR@comcast.net.

Image courtesy National Parks Service.