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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1975
Page
14
Mexico High School won three awards in a state Bicentennial contest sponsored by the Missouri Bicentennial Commission. Assistant Superintendent Joe Hodgin announced winners Martin Hightower Sheila Aardell and Tammy Salmons. Excerpts from Salmons winning essay reflect on America's birth and the Revolution and the Constitution.
A reflective piece by Sheila Ardell traces decades of conflict and sacrifice. It questions whether battles yield true freedom as veterans, families, and nations bear the cost, repeating the refrain butm we beat em as wars span coast to coast and beyond the seas.
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