{"id":34543,"date":"2017-02-28T10:36:19","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T18:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=34543"},"modified":"2017-02-28T10:36:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T18:36:19","slug":"angels-camp-student-takes-top-vfw-scholarship-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=34543","title":{"rendered":"Angels Camp Student Takes Top VFW Scholarship Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City, MO&#8230;The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. and its Auxiliary proudly announce Savannah Wittman, a senior at Bret Harte High School in Angels Camp, Calif., was named first-place national winner and recipient of the $30,000 T.C. Selman Memorial Scholarship award in the 2016-17 Voice of Democracy Scholarship program. The announcement was made last night during the \u201cParade of Winners\u201d at the 2017 VFW Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. VFW Post 12118 and its Auxiliary in Copperopolis, Calif., sponsored Savannah.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/image003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/image003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/image003.jpg 640w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/image003-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/image003-122x74.jpg 122w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/image003-570x342.jpg 570w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/image003-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/image003-500x300.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch Savannah deliver her speech on-demand at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vfw.org\/VFWDC2017\">www.vfw.org\/VFWDC2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHearing Savannah\u2019s essay reassures me that the leaders of tomorrow will be intelligent, patriotic and passionate Americans,\u201d said VFW National Commander Brian Duffy. \u201cFor 70 years, the Voice of Democracy competition has provided high school students the opportunity to speak out on freedom and democracy, and I\u2019m proud to say this year\u2019s national finalists shared $154,000 in scholarships.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Enacted in 1947, the Voice of Democracy program requires entrants to write and record a three- to five-minute script on a patriotic theme. \u201cMy Responsibility to America\u201d was this year\u2019s theme, and more than 38,000 students participate in the program annually worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Photo Caption: VFW National Commander Brian Duffy and VFW Auxiliary President Colette Bishop present Savannah Wittman with her $30,000 award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City, MO&#8230;The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. and its Auxiliary proudly announce Savannah Wittman, a senior at Bret Harte High School in Angels Camp, Calif., was named first-place national winner and recipient of the $30,000 T.C. Selman Memorial Scholarship award in the 2016-17 Voice of Democracy Scholarship program. 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