2012-2013 VOICE OF DEMOCRACY STATE WINNERS

Saturday, February 16, 2013 Congratulations! Congratulations to the Department winners of the 2012-2013 Voice of Democracy audio-essay competition. The theme was "Is Our Constitution Still Relevant?" Tune in at 6 p.m. (ET), Sunday, March 3, for a live stream of the Parade of Winners. Sign up to receive alerts on the VFW's Youth Programs. ALABAMA Logan Black ALASKA Marco Torres ARIZONA Aleksandra Petkovic ARKANSAS John O'Dell, III CALIFORNIA Danielle Hayes COLORADO Leah Setzer CONNECTICUT Gabrielle Procko DELAWARE Josiah Winston DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Michael Owens EUROPE Jackson Pierce FLORIDA Tracy Robinson GEORGIA Katie Higgins HAWAII Christiana Kurashige IDAHO Seth Peterson ILLINOIS Jessica Elliott INDIANA J. Mitch Staszewski IOWA Kerrigan Owens KANSAS Hunter Goddard KENTUCKY Christopher Kinnard LATIN AMERICA/ CARIBBEAN Abigail Matthew LOUISIANA Stephanie Lutfallah MAINE Bryan Ebbrecht MARYLAND Habtamu Anderson MASSACHUSETTS Trent Sullivan MICHIGAN Catherine Seibert MINNESOTA Noah Stewart MISSISSIPPI Sydney Gargiulo MISSOURI Nora Faris MONTANA Sarah Hartland NEBRASKA Sierra Hansen NEVADA Emily Meany NEW HAMPSHIRE Erin Bourque NEW JERSEY Kira Mathias-Prabhu NEW MEXICO Derek Garcia NEW YORK Sierra Pizzola NORTH CAROLINA Joanna Paul NORTH DAKOTA Mayim Stith OHIO Matthew Gregory OKLAHOMA Meeka Smith OREGON Haley DeAndrea PACIFIC AREAS Jaydene Ermitanio PENNSYLVANIA Bradley Petyak RHODE ISLAND Cristina Marsocci SOUTH CAROLINA Nina Srivastava SOUTH DAKOTA Rachael Audiss TENNESSEE Hayley Roth TEXAS Lauren Bellatti UTAH Graham Carman VERMONT Devin Straley VIRGINIA Nathan Britt WASHINGTON Holly Thorpe WEST VIRGINIA Amanda Maynus WISCONSIN Liam McCarty