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The American Legion High School Oratorical Scholarship Program allows interested high school students to provide talks
about the relation between citizens and the Constitution
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Orations
Prepared Oration. The subject to be used
to be used for the 8-10 minute Prepared Oration must be on some aspect of the Constitution of the United States with emphasis
on the duties and obligations of a citizen to our government. The same subject and oration used in the Department Contest
must be used in the National Contest. The prepared oration must be the original effort of each contestant and must not take
up less than eight minutes or more than ten minutes for delivery. It must be delivered in the English language.
Assigned
Topic. The purpose of the 3-5 minute Assigned Topic is to test the speaker’s knowledge of the subject, the
extent of his or her research, and the ability to discuss the topic as related to the basic principles of government under
the Constitution. The topic will be on some phase of the Constitution of the United States. Each year, the list of Assigned
Topics will be made available prior to the contest and posted here.
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Who is eligible to participate?
You are eligible to participate in
The American Legion High School Oratorical Scholarship Program if you are a citizen or a lawful resident of the United States.
Further, all contestants must be bona fide students under the age of 20 years on the date of the National Contest and must
be enrolled in a high school or junior high school (public, parochial, military, private or state accredited home school)
in which the curriculum of the high school is considered to be of high school level, commencing with grade nine and terminating
with grade twelve.
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American Legion Post 2003 * 4321 James Madison Highway * Suite 10 * Fork Union * VA * 23055-2025
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