[VAcourier] Army of Northern Virginia Scholarship Awarded

[Virginia Division SCV Communication List]

July 13, 2009

 

Army of Northern Virginia     

Sons of Confederate Veterans

Columbia, Tennessee

 

 

PRESS RELEASE

 

South Carolina student wins SCV scholarship

 

     The Army of Northern Virginia of the International Sons of Confederate
Veterans is pleased to announce that Michael C. Griffin, Jr., of Hanahan,
South Carolina, has won the ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA SCHOLARSHIP for 2009.
In addition to a financial award of $1000 the winning essay will be
published in Confederate Veteran Magazine, a publication of the Sons of
Confederate Veterans. 

 

     Mr. Griffin is a recent graduate of Northside Christian School in North
Charleston, South Carolina. 

 

     The winning essay was titled "A Natural Leader" and deals with the
actions of Robert E. Lee in dealing with the 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry,
Virginia, by abolitionist John Brown. 

 

     The ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA SCHOLARSHIP is awarded annually to a high
school senior. The purpose of the scholarship is to promote history in our
schools.  Only students living in Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, South
Carolina, Pennsylvania and West Virginia are eligible for the award. A panel
of academics chaired by Mr. Richard Williams of Stuarts Draft, Virginia,
reviews all essays and decides the winner. 

 

     Any newspaper wishing to publish the winning essay should contact Brag
Bowling at 804-389-3620. 

 

 
Brag Bowling

 
Commander

 
Army of Northern Virginia

 


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