From left, Cliff Kent President John Sevier Chapter, Scott Pryor Sgt-At-Arms John Sevier Chapter, Miss Bella Lee 1st Place TN Winner, Miss Khloe Nolan 3rd Place TN Winner, Dr. Don Chamberlain 2nd Vice President John Sevier Chapter, Miss Chloe Hughes 4th Place TN Winner and Tim Adams Past President John Sevier Chapter
The Tennessee Society Sons of the American Revolution announces the winners of the school year 2022-2023 Elementary School Poster Contest. The winners in order were: 1st Place Miss Bella Lee, Griffith Elementary, 2nd Place Miss Any Kelley, Selmer Elementary, 3rd Place Miss Khloe Nolan, Griffith Elementary and 4th Place Miss Chloe Hughes, Griffith Elementary.
The society awarded the following prizes: 4th Place a President’s Certificate, 3rd Place an SAR Outstanding Citizens Pin with Certificate and a check for $35, 2nd Place an SAR Outstanding Citizens Pin with Certificate and a check for $65 and 1st Place an SAR Good Citizenship Medal with Certificate and a check for $100.
The SAR’s elementary school poster contest is open to all 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students interested in the American Revolution. The contest is open to public and private schools, parochial, home schooled, Scouting, or Children of the American Revolution member students in that same grade range.
Young artists with an enthusiasm toward art, a love of American history, were able to submit their posters to their local SAR chapters for the competition.
The John Sevier Chapter, TNSSAR sponsors students living in Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, and Sequatchie counties. One hundred seventy students from the Griffith Elementary School in Sequatchie County participated in this year’s contest which had the theme a “Person or Persons of the Revolution”. The seven 4th grade teachers selected the top three posters from each of their classes to be judged by the chapter prior to the 2022 Christmas break. The Chapter selected 10 posters to receive a cash prize and certificate with the three top scoring posters moving on to the District SAR level competition.
Posters created by Miss Bella Lee, Miss Khloe Nolan and Miss Chloe Hughes advanced to the District Level to compete against posters from several other South Eastern Tennessee Counties. The three students from Griffith were selected to represent the 3rd SAR District at the State Level round of the competition which was conducted at the Society’s late March 2023 Annual Conference. The membership of TNSSAR voted on line and in person for the top three posters.
The Miss Bella Lee’s TNSSAR winning poster will travel to the SAR’s National Annual Congress meeting to be held at Orlando, Fl. in July where it will compete against the other state society winners.
The Americanism Poster Contest will begin again at the start of the 2023-2024 School Year with the theme of an Event of the Revolution. Students, parents and or teachers interested in participating in the poster contest can contact the John Sevier Chapter at email: johnsevierchapter@tnssar.org