Congratulations to the VFW State Department winners of the 2019-2020 Voice of Democracy audio essay competition. The theme was "What Makes America Great."

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Alabama

ALABAMA

Benjamin Gossett

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Alaska

ALASKA

Shannon O'Hare

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Arizona

ARIZONA

Genevieve Hayes

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Arkansas

ARKANSAS

Hannah Miller

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California

CALIFORNIA

Elizabeth Meshkin

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Colorado

COLORADO

Sophia Sinda

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Connecticut

CONNECTICUT

Ayushman Choudhury

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Delaware

DELAWARE

Juliana Handlin

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Europe

EUROPE

Clarabelle Watson

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Florida

FLORIDA

Kaitlyn James

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Hawaii

HAWAII

Alexandrea Wong

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Idaho

IDAHO

Liliane Anderson

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Illinois

ILLINOIS

Seth Weeks

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Indiana

INDIANA

Kayla Teipen

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Iowa

IOWA

Brianna Busch

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Kansas

KANSAS

Brianna Ball

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Kentucky

KENTUCKY

Kaylee Tinsley

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Louisiana

LOUISIANA

Ella Otken

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Maine

MAINE

Neily Raymond

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Maryland

MARYLAND

Karli Abbott

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Massachusetts

MASSACHUSETTS

Rachel Perry

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Michigan

MICHIGAN

Amy Ludescher

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Minnesota

MINNESOTA

Elizabeth Link

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Mississippi

MISSISSIPPI

Eli Coleman

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Missouri

MISSOURI

Sophia Hoffman

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Montana

MONTANA

Joseph McDonald

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Nebraska

NEBRASKA

Shruthi Kumar

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Nevada

NEVADA

Kathlyn Hedstrom

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New Hampshire

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Ellie Wolthuis

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New Jersey

NEW JERSEY

Pierette Foy-Kougha

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New Mexico

NEW MEXICO

Jordan Bell

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New York

NEW YORK

ShaLynne Ouellette

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North Carolina

NORTH CAROLINA

Austin Amos

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North Dakota

NORTH DAKOTA

Sara Smith

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Ohio

OHIO

Ruth Anand

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Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA

Journi James

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Oregon

OREGON

Justin Thomas

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Pacific Areas

PACIFIC AREAS

Sienna Bertamini

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Pennsylvania

PENNSYLVANIA

Lillian Baird

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Rhode Island

RHODE ISLAND

Ariadne Dulchinos

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South Carolina

SOUTH CAROLINA

Olivia Lee

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South Dakota

SOUTH DAKOTA

Mackenzie Roberts

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Tennessee

TENNESSEE

Jon Castleman

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Texas

TEXAS

Jessica Schlaudt

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Utah

UTAH

Dallin Christensen

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Vermont

VERMONT

Ella Bradley

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Virginia

VIRGINIA

Sophie Crowder

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Washington

WASHINGTON

Gabrielle De Marco

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West Virginia

WEST VIRGINIA

Isabella Gharib

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Wisconsin

WISCONSIN

Nicholas DuBois

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Wyoming

WYOMING

Dailyn Nichols

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