[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 10945]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       NATIONAL HISTORY DAY 2005

 Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, today I wish to say a few words 
about National History Day. For the past 25 years, National History Day 
has provided students in grades 6-12 with opportunities to study 
different periods or trends in American history. National History Day 
is a year-long educational opportunity for students to examine a period 
of American history closely through extensive research, development of 
exhibits and presentations, and multimedia documentaries. This year's 
national competition topic is ``Communication in History,'' and the 
competition will be held on the campus of the University of Maryland in 
June.
  I am especially proud of the students from my State of North Dakota 
who have been selected to participate in this program this year. These 
students participated in the North Dakota State competition and were 
selected to represent the State in the national competition. They 
include Edward Gallegos, Kelbi Clarke, Lyndsie Cossel, Sejal Parikh, 
Sarak Shirek, Amirah Ahmed, Amber Guseman, Annah Klamm, Meghan Graham, 
Katie Sanner and Amanda Malm from Grand Forks. They also include Erin 
Droske, Aaron Christianson, Jessica King, Micah Gilleshammer and Sarah 
Lunde of St. Thomas. These students represent the Schroeder Middle 
School and Red River High School in Grand Forks and the St. Thomas 
Public School in St. Thomas, ND. I congratulate them and wish them much 
success in the national competition.

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