Benjamin J. Sheppard
Sheppard Home Education Program
Inverness, Florida
Enrolled as 10th grade student
Essay
James Armistead Lafayette: Slave, Spy, Freeman
by Benjamin J. Sheppard
Sheppard Home Education Program
Inverness, Florida
Enrolled as 10th grade student
Essay
James Armistead Lafayette: Slave, Spy, Freeman
by Benjamin J. Sheppard
Withlacoochee Chapter SAR Announces Knight Essay winners
The Withlacoochee Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution announces the winners of the George S. and Stella M. Knight Essay Contest. The contest is sponsored by the National Society of the SAR and is open to all US Citizen and Legal Resident students attending home schools, public, parochial, or private high schools in that same grade range. The National Association of Secondary School Principals has placed this program on the 2017-2018 NASSP List of Approved Contests, Programs, and Activities for Students
To participate, students must submit an original 800- to 1200-word essay based on an event, person, philosophy or ideal associated with the American Revolution, Declaration of Independence, or the framing of the United States Constitution. Each student essay is judged based on its historical accuracy, clarity, organization, grammar and spelling, and documentation.
The second-place winner, with a cash prize of $100 in the 2019-2020 contest at the Withlacoochee Chapter level, was Benjamin J. Sheppard, of the Sheppard Home Education Program in Inverness, FL. Benjamin is a 10th grade student, and his essay was entitled: “James Armistead Lafayette: Slave, Spy, Freeman”. The parents of Rachel and Benjamin are Sarah and Troy Sheppard of Inverness.
The Withlacoochee Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution announces the winners of the George S. and Stella M. Knight Essay Contest. The contest is sponsored by the National Society of the SAR and is open to all US Citizen and Legal Resident students attending home schools, public, parochial, or private high schools in that same grade range. The National Association of Secondary School Principals has placed this program on the 2017-2018 NASSP List of Approved Contests, Programs, and Activities for Students
To participate, students must submit an original 800- to 1200-word essay based on an event, person, philosophy or ideal associated with the American Revolution, Declaration of Independence, or the framing of the United States Constitution. Each student essay is judged based on its historical accuracy, clarity, organization, grammar and spelling, and documentation.
The second-place winner, with a cash prize of $100 in the 2019-2020 contest at the Withlacoochee Chapter level, was Benjamin J. Sheppard, of the Sheppard Home Education Program in Inverness, FL. Benjamin is a 10th grade student, and his essay was entitled: “James Armistead Lafayette: Slave, Spy, Freeman”. The parents of Rachel and Benjamin are Sarah and Troy Sheppard of Inverness.
(Left to Right) Withlacoochee Chapter President David Hitchcock, Benjamin Sheppard, Rachel Sheppard, Sarah Sheppard, Troy Sheppard and SAR Knight Essay Chairman Charles Day
Last Updated: 20 March 2020
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