Congratulations to the VFW State Department winners of the 2021-2022 Voice of Democracy audio essay competition. The theme was "America: Where Do We Go From Here ?"

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Alabama

ALABAMA

Galey McKelvain

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Alaska

ALASKA

Sydney Steadman

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Arizona

ARIZONA

Gowri Biju

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Arkansas

ARKANSAS

Zachary Gardner

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California

CALIFORNIA

Rebecca Joseph

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Colorado

COLORADO

Mattea Traum

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Connecticut

CONNECTICUT

Emalyn Osborne

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Delaware

DELAWARE

Samuel Winston

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Europe

EUROPE

Abigail Marster

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Florida

FLORIDA

Colin Campbell

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Georgia

GEORGIA

Katherine Rosinski

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Hawaii

HAWAII

Aaron Liwanag

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Idaho

IDAHO

Jaylee Ball

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Illinois

ILLINOIS

Natalie Sissac

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Indiana

INDIANA

Elijah Johnson

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Iowa

IOWA

Hanna Knoll

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Kansas

KANSAS

Sandra Adams

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Kentucky

KENTUCKY

Daksha Pillai

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Louisiana

LOUISIANA

Vaishnavi Kumbala

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Maine

MAINE

Madelein Saed

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Maryland

MARYLAND

Madison Tryon

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Massachusetts

MASSACHUSETTS

Chance Bonfanti

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Michigan

MICHIGAN

Crissa Esse

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Minnesota

MINNESOTA

Ashley Homme

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Mississippi

MISSISSIPPI

Vaibhavi Mahajan

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Missouri

MISSOURI

Jorja Harrison

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Montana

MONTANA

Cole Taylor

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Nebraska

NEBRASKA

Leo Goldberg

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Nevada

NEVADA

Zoe Miklich

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New Hampshire

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Veronika Sokol

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New Jersey

NEW JERSEY

Alexis Jacqueline Reducto

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New Mexico

NEW MEXICO

Antwone Elliott

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New York

NEW YORK

Daniela Mare

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North Carolina

NORTH CAROLINA

Elise Perry

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North Dakota

NORTH DAKOTA

Emma Kratcha

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Ohio

OHIO

Brandon Uzl

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Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA

AdyLynn Anderson

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Oregon

OREGON

Mason Thomas

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Pacific Areas

PACIFIC AREAS

Samantha Shih

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Pennsylvania

PENNSYLVANIA

Sydney Christner

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Rhode Island

RHODE ISLAND

Megan Chevalier

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South Carolina

SOUTH CAROLINA

Mary Copeland

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South Dakota

SOUTH DAKOTA

Kathryn Doom

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Tennessee

TENNESSEE

Alex Carpenter

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Texas

TEXAS

Felicity Roberts

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Utah

UTAH

Phebe Ramsdell

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Vermont

VERMONT

Elizabeth Cunningham

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Virginia

VIRGINIA

Anjali Ghafoerkhan

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Washington

WASHINGTON

Natalie Keller

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West Virginia

WEST VIRGINIA

Korah Lewis

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Wisconsin

WISCONSIN

Laurel Adams

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Wyoming

WYOMING

Kinley Bollinger

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