Oratorical Contest
The purpose of The American Legion’s National High School Oratorical Contest is to develop a deeper knowledge and appreciation of the Constitution of the United States on the part of high school students. Other objectives of the contest include the development of leadership qualities, the ability to think and speak clearly and intelligently, and the preparation for acceptance of the duties and responsibilities, the rights and privileges of American citizenship. Winners of the contest are eligible for scholarship money at the different levels.
Dates for the Utah Oratorical Contests are:
Post 27 (Davis County Courthouse) 5:00pm 1/23/25
District 2 (TBC) 11:00am 2/8/25
Department/State (TBC) 1:00pm 3/1/25
National (Hillsdale College, MI) TBC
- Quarterfinal and Semifinal TBC
- Finals TBC
Scholarship Amounts:
At the Post Level:
1st Place: $250.00
2nd Place: $200.00
3rd Place: $100.00
At the District Level:
1st Place: $250.00
2nd Place: $200.00
3rd Place: $100.00
At the Department (State)
Level: 1st Place: $1,500.00
2nd Place: $1,000.00
3rd Place: $750.00
At the National Level:
1st Place: $25,000.00
2nd Place: $22,500.00
3rd Place: $20,000.00
For more information and resources: Oratorical Contest | The American Legion
The 2025 Oratorical Contest will cover the Assigned Topics:
Amendment 1
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Amendment VII
In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
Amendment XVIII
Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.
Section 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
Amendment XXVI
Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
2023 Post 27 Winners
POC: Daniel Woodward
EMAIL: 2ndvice@post27.org