为了庆祝美国建国250周年，
共产主义受难者基金会向美国的高中生和大学生征文
为了庆祝美国建国250周年，共产主义受难者基金会向美国的高中生和大学生征文。基金会希望通过征文活动来展示美国实行自我管理和有序自由的经验。文章长度应为750-1000字，截止日期是2025年10月31日。评选结果将在年底公布，高中生和大学生的头等奖各为1000美元。基金会将在2026年一年里大约每周发表一篇收到的文章，所有发表的文章的作者也都会得到奖励。有关细节请见：
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VOC is proud to announce the grand opening of the Victims of Communism Museum in Washington, DC. Join us to teach truth, seek justice, and remember the victims.
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) will honor the legacy of the Declaration of Independence with an essay contest that will teach students about freedom movements that directly cited or paraphrased the Declaration of Independence. This will demonstrate to citizens and students the exceptional nature of the American “experiment” in self-government and ordered liberty.
Scholar David Armitage suggested that nearly 200 countries and overseas political movements have cited the Declaration, from Haiti to Kosovo. For example, Mahatma Gandhi used the language of the Declaration in 1930. Czech anti-communist, dissident, playwright, and later president of free Czechoslovakia, Vaclav Havel asserted the transcendent nature of the Declaration: “The Declaration of Independence … states that the Creator gave man the right to liberty. It seems man can realize that liberty only if he does not forget the One who endowed him with it.”
The Foundation will recognize up to 52 outstanding student essays that focus attention on how the Declaration of Independence influenced declarations, speeches, and other political writing in foreign contexts during the 20th century. We are especially interested in short essays that focus on those seeking freedom from communist and Marxist systems.
The contest is open to grades 9-12 and college students from across the United States. Essays should be between 750-1000 words and utilize the Chicago Manual of Style with endnotes for any citations. Students must agree in writing at the time of submission that they avoided plagiarism or the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in drafting the text of the essay. Students will send their essays via attachment to 1776@victimsofcommunism.org and clearly specify their name, hometown, school, phone number, and email address. The contest closes on October 31, 2025. The review committee will notify winners between December 15-31, 2025.
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation will electronically publish up to one high quality essay per week during 2026. Each winner will be recognized with a $100 Amazon Gift Card. In addition, the Foundation will recognize overall prizes of first ($1,000), second ($500), and third place ($250) for university students and overall prizes of first ($1,000), second ($500), and third place ($250) for high school students.
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