The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)

Congratulations to the VFW State Department winners of the 2022-2023 Voice of Democracy audio essay competition. The theme was "Why is the Veteran Important?"

ALABAMA

Lily Poling

ALASKA

Emma Kehoe

ARIZONA

Vivian Chang

ARKANSAS

Erica Armstrong

CALIFORNIA

Mia Dominguez

COLORADO

Amara Fancher

CONNECTICUT

Sidhaarthk Bulusu

DELAWARE

Allyson McLellan

EUROPE

Anna Galeano

FLORIDA

Paul Guesne III

GEORGIA

Aedyn Smalley

HAWAII

Connor Worthen

IDAHO

Julia Grimaldo

ILLINOIS

Andrew Kula

INDIANA

Haley Bock

IOWA

Wyatt Baldwin

KANSAS

Madelyn Heigert

KENTUCKY

Makenna Potts

LOUISIANA

Dalton Haydel

MAINE

Hunter Edson

MARYLAND

Ian Chung

MASSACHUSETTS

Gina Wierzbowski

MICHIGAN

Jack Nelson

MINNESOTA

Siri Corson

MISSISSIPPI

Camryn Robertson

MISSOURI

Jude Wyant

MONTANA

Taryn Lodge

NEBRASKA

Holly Wilson

NEVADA

Rosa LaRochelle

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Anna Bittner

NEW JERSEY

Kavya Venkatesan

NEW MEXICO

Arwen Ching

NEW YORK

Olivia Wolber

NORTH CAROLINA

Naomi Park

NORTH DAKOTA

Gracie Rauschenberger

OHIO

Arwen Zhang

OKLAHOMA

Camden Bruce

OREGON

Lucille Booth

PACIFIC AREAS

Maribel Sikes

PENNSYLVANIA

Charlee Kurtz

RHODE ISLAND

Elizabeth Cote

SOUTH CAROLINA

Zoey Hughes

SOUTH DAKOTA

Jennifer Barnett

TENNESSEE

Scotland Stewart

TEXAS

Nikki Norton

UNAFFILLIATED (PR)

UNAFFILLIATED (PR)

Siona Pramoda

UTAH

Elizabeth Hooper

VERMONT

Amelia Partlow

VIRGINIA

John McGraw

WASHINGTON

Natalie DeMarco

WEST VIRGINIA

Corrie Bowers

WISCONSIN

Samuel Edel

WYOMING

Grace Capelli