The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)

Congratulations to the VFW State Department winners of the 2023-2024 Voice of Democracy audio essay competition. The theme was "What Are the Greatest Attributes of Our Democracy?"

ALABAMA

Maureen York

ALASKA

Ronja Wagner

ARIZONA

Sophia Lin

ARKANSAS

Annamarie Schuermann

CALIFORNIA

Eliza Bourne

COLORADO

Noah Lorenz

CONNECTICUT

Maxwell Brown

DELAWARE

Sudipa Chowdhury

EUROPE

Meredith Maxwell

FLORIDA

Joshua Haines

GEORGIA

Baileigh Borna

HAWAII

Ethan Yang

IDAHO

Eliana Cecil

ILLINOIS

Riley Malone

INDIANA

Robert Balkcom

IOWA

Justin Buettner

KANSAS

Lillian Payne

KENTUCKY

Thomas Herman

LOUISIANA

Josephine Ciuffi

MAINE

Anna Seavey

MARYLAND

Laura Haulskmap

MASSACHUSETTS

David Murphy

MICHIGAN

Eddy Holcomb

MINNESOTA

Lydia Prout

MISSISSIPPI

Asia Anderson

MISSOURI

Katelyn Wright

MONTANA

Isabel Seeley

NEBRASKA

Luke Eisenmann

NEVADA

Christina Robinson

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Thatcher Debowski

NEW JERSEY

Joseph Dachnowicz

NEW MEXICO

Gabriella Mason

NEW YORK

Abigail Jung

NORTH CAROLINA

Aubrey Denton

NORTH DAKOTA

Della Phillips

OHIO

Alisa Zhao

OKLAHOMA

Barrett Love

OREGON

Hope Wright

PACIFIC AREAS

Gwendolen Troy

PENNSYLVANIA

Sarah K. Burrows

RHODE ISLAND

Abiageal Emery

SOUTH CAROLINA

Amrithaa Balachandran

SOUTH DAKOTA

Lexi Brandt

TENNESSEE

Avery Padgett

TEXAS

Omar Reyes

UTAH

Saida Skeen

VERMONT

Hagan Williams

VIRGINIA

Andrew Miller

WASHINGTON

Benjamin Offutt

WEST VIRGINIA

Angelica Thompson

WISCONSIN

Porter Tiedt

WYOMING

Ella Catchpole

National Member At Large

National Member At Large

Baylee Olazacki

UNAFFILIATED

Wyatt Wunker