: Two of Parrott Academy’s DAR Essay Contest winners (left to right): Chloe Lewis and Taylor Woodcock. 

Three Parrott Academy middle school students have won awards in the 2021-22 Daughters of the American Revolution American History Essay Contest. Sixth grader Taylor Woodcock won First Place in District 8, seventh grader Chloe Lewis won Third Place in District 8, and former eighth grader Ezra Zapler won First Place in both District 8 and in  the state of North Carolina. 

The local Moseley-Bright Chapter of the DAR sponsors this essay contest annually for students in grades 5 -8.  This year’s essay prompt celebrated the centennial of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, which was dedicated on November 11, 1921.  Students were asked to imagine having lost a relative in World War I and attending the dedication of the Tomb in 1921. Essays described what the monument meant to grieving families and discussed the importance of remembering those who gave their lives in service to the nation.  

Jo Huettl, American History Essay Chair of the Moseley-Bright Chapter, commented on the educational mission of the organization, saying “The DAR strives to get school children involved in appreciating our history so that this generation has a better understanding of our nation’s past.”