The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

High School Division

• First Prize ($1,000; school receives $500 honorarium)
• Martin C. Carlino, Patchogue-Medford High School, Medford, NY
• "President Lincoln's Influence Over the Northern Press"

• Second Prize ($750)
• Martina Harris, American History High School, Newark, NJ
• "Masqueraded History"

• Third Prize ($500)
• Rosalie Priddy, Douglas S. Freeman High School, Henrico, VA
• "Red Men in a White Man's War"

• Honorable Mention ($100) in alphabetical order
• Brianna Devitt, Montville Township High School, Montville, NJ
• Hugh Geraghty, West Morris Central High School, Chester, NJ
• Amanda Goutos, Academy of American Studies, Long Island City, NY
• Jamilah Najiy, Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt, MD
• Ogud Oman, Thomas Alva Edison High School, Minneapolis, MN
• Taylor Sandella, Notre Dame School, New York, NY
• Victoria Wilson, Glen Este High School, Cincinnati, OH

Middle School Division

• First Prize ($300)
• Diyu Pearce-Fisher, Transfiguration School, Tarrytown, NY
• "The First Spill of Blood"

• Second Prize ($200)
• Johnathan Keefer, Summit Academy Junior High School, Draper, UT
• "My Family's Experiences with Illness while Serving in the Civil War"

• Third Prize ($100)
• Kaitlin Guard, Chicod School, Greenville, NC
• "Dynamic Women During the Civil War"

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