Join Hildene's Programming Director, Stephanie Moffett Hynds in congratulating the winners of Hildene's 2020 8th Grade Lincoln Essay Competition! We received 167 applications from all over Vermont. A first, second, and third place winner was chosen from each of four regions as well as four honorable mentions. With this video announcement, learn a bit about the competition, 2020's inspiration and prompt, and this year's winners. The message is clear: students are paying attention, and care about Vermont - you're an inspiration to us all! Thank you for a wonderful competition, students, families and teachers - we're already looking forward to LEC 2021! Note: to be sure our videos are accessible to all ages, and therefore comply with COPPA and other applicable laws, commenting has been necessarily disabled. We appreciate any questions or comments you might have via email: info@hildene.org!