NC SAR Rumbaugh Chairman Lowell Hoffman explains the rules of the road

 

Kyle Stinson, “Samuel Adams and the Theory of Individual Freedom”

 

Jake Hessler, “The Innovative Value of the Turtle”

 

Jake Hessler, “The Innovative Value of the Turtle”

 

Lily Kate Witcher, “Common Sense for a Common Cause”

 

Lily Kate Witcher, “Common Sense for a Common Cause”

 

Karl Ferm, “The Impact of the Declaration of Independence”

 

Matthew Gao, “Nathan Hale: Scholar, Teacher, Soldier, Spy, Hero”

 

Aliza Jankowsky, “Esther Reed: The Enduring Innovator”

 

Aliza Jankowsky, “Esther Reed: The Enduring Innovator”

 

Aliza Jankowsky, “Esther Reed: The Enduring Innovator”

 

Aliza Jankowsky, displays her characteristic poise and passion

 

Aliza Jankowsky, “Esther Reed: The Enduring Innovator”

 

Aliza Jankowsky, “Esther Reed: The Enduring Innovator”

 

Gio Cacciato, “Roger Sherman’s Silent Legacy”

 

Gio Cacciato, “Roger Sherman’s Silent Legacy”

 

Gio Cacciato, “Roger Sherman’s Silent Legacy”

 

Gio Cacciato, “Roger Sherman’s Silent Legacy”

 

Gio Cacciato, “Roger Sherman’s Silent Legacy”

 

Gio Cacciato, “Roger Sherman’s Silent Legacy”

 

Joshua Paul, “Courage in the Face of Death”

 

Joshua Paul, “Courage in the Face of Death”

 

Joshua Paul, “Courage in the Face of Death”

 

Joshua Paul, “Courage in the Face of Death”

 

Franco Forrester, “John Paul Jones”

 

Franco Forrester, “John Paul Jones”

 

Franco Forrester, “John Paul Jones”

 

Franco Forrester, “John Paul Jones”

 

General Francis Nash Chapter SAR Rumbaugh Oratory Participants — Guy Guidry, Rumbaugh Chairman; Lily Kate Witcher; Gio Cacciato; Francisco Forrester; Kyle Stinson; Mattheo Gao

 

GFN Rumbaugh Chairman Guy Guidry presents Lily Kate Witcher, Senior at Northwood High School, with the Third Place Award

 

GFN Rumbaugh Chairman Guy Guidry presents Franco Forrester, Junior at Riverside High School, with the Second Place Award

 

GFN Rumbaugh Chairman Guy Guidry presents Gio Cacciato, Senior at Northwood High School, with the First Place Award

 

Gio Cacciato, a Senior at Northwood High School, won the 2023 General Francis Nash Chapter Joseph S. Rumbaugh Historical Oration Competiton.

 

Raleigh Chapter SAR Rumbaugh Oratory Participants — Jeremy Hodges, Rumbaugh Chairman; Joshua Paul, Karl Ferm, Aliza Jankowsky, Jake Hessler

 

Raleigh Rumbaugh Chairman Jeremy Hodges presents Jake Hessler, Home Schooled Junior, with the Third Place Award

 

Raleigh Rumbaugh Chairman Jeremy Hodges presents Joshua Paul, Home Schooled Junior, with the Second Place Award

 

Raleigh Rumbaugh Chairman Jeremy Hodges presents Aliza Jankowsky, Senior at Green Hope High School, with the First Place Award

 

Gio Cacciato repeats his oration for the GFN Chapter Meeting

 

Aliza Jankowsky repeats her oration for the GFN Chapter Meeting

 

Sam Powell, NC SAR Treasurer and lead State Rumbaugh Judge

 

Winners of the 2023 North Carolina Society Sons of the American Revolution Rumbargh Oration Contest. Sam Powell, NC SAR Treasurer and Lead State Judge; Joshua Paul, Home Schooled, Third Place; Gio Cacciato, Northwood High School, Second Place; Lowell Hoffman, NC SAR Rumbaugh Chairman; Aliza Jankowsky, Green Hope High School, First Place

 

Aliza Jankowsky, a Senior at Green Hope High School, won the NC 2023 Joseph S. Rumbaugh Historical Oration Contest with her oration, “Esther Reed — The Enduring Innovator”. She will represent North Carolina in the National Competition.

 

State, GFN, and Raleigh Judges
Photo by Guy Guidry

Unless otherwise noted, all photos by Denny Colvin / General Francis Nash Chapter SAR