Today’s scholarship was one that we profiled last year, The Independence Day Scholarship Contest, which is sponsored by the Joe Foss Institute. Joe Foss was a distinguished member of the Marine Corps who received the Medal of Honor in 1943. This scholarship is essay-based and is open to all high school students. This year, the theme of the scholarship is “I declare! What it took to declare our independence.” [...]
The Daughters of the American Revolution, a D.C.-based non-profit, works to preserve and celebrate our nation’s heritage through education, special events, and a museum. As someone who majored in history in college (with an emphasis on American history), I thought that this would be an appropriate first scholarship to examine. Aligned with their mission, the Daughters of the American Revolution are very active in providing scholarship opportunities for students which exceed over [...]
