Patriot's Pen
The following students are the Midland Park Middle School winner's of VFW’s Patriot’s Pen youth essay contest:
First Place- Gabreilla Gesualdo - $250
Second Place- Madeleine Libretta - $150
Third Place- Vanessa Kaj and Yasmin Lichtenstein - $100 each
Each year, nearly 68,800 students in sixth through eighth grades enter the VFW’s Patriot’s Pen youth essay contest.
The essay contest encourages young minds to examine America’s history, along with their own experiences in modern American society, by drafting a 300- to 400-word essay, expressing their views based on a patriotic theme chosen by the VFW Commander-in-Chief.