Voice of Democracy - Winning Essays

IsabellaThompson, Pawnee City

The following are the winning essays from area schools for the Voice of Democracy essay competition. Contestants are in grades 9-12 

July fourth. Seventeen seventy-six. A document with the words “We the People” at the top. Signed by fifty-six men, all representatives of the thirteen colonies. Many paid the price. Twelve of the men’s homes were burnt down. Homes that they had built and raised f…