National History Day
The Annual Southeast Regional National History Day competition, sponsored by the West Chester BID, brought hundreds of middle and high-school students, families, and volunteers to downtown West Chester for an eventful weekend on Friday, April 6, and Saturday, April 7, at the Chester County Historical Society, 225 North High St. Thank you to everyone who participated!
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2018 NATIONAL HISTORY DAY WINNERS!
Senior Division, Friday April 6, 2018
SENIOR GROUP DOCUMENTARY
FIRST PLACE: The India-Pakistan Conflict: Tensions over Land and Power
Abhirami Suresh, Mathew Iozzi, West Chester East High School
SECOND PLACE: The Second Triumvirate
Andrew Nagengast, Brent Nevy, Garnet Valley High School
HONORABLE MENTION: Peace through Ruins: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Bailey Haraburda, Caroline Voegele, Sophia Skorup, Academy of Notre Dame
SENIOR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY
FIRST PLACE: United in Diversity: The European Union's Quest for Continental Peace
Sarah Guan, West Chester East High School
SECOND PLACE: The Exorcism of the Pentagon: War, Politics, and the Power of Protest
Henry Wandover, Phoenixville Area High School
THIRD PLACE: Creating a Better Future: Ecological Economics
Elizabeth Chen, Garnet Valley High School
HONORABLE MENTION: The START Treaty: Containing the End of the World
Jayda Hepburn, Academy of Notre Dame
SENIOR GROUP EXHIIBIT
FIRST PLACE: The Newsies of New York: Conflict and Compromise of Child Labor
Ava Devlin, Kayla Nguyen, Sepideh Toshtzar, Marple Newtown High School
SECOND PLACE: The Loving Trials: When Compromise Isn’t Enough
Sarah Chang, Reeti Patnaik, Penncrest High School
THIRD PLACE: Reconstruction: Conflict and Compromise in the South
Jasleen Gill, Bridget Spence, Penncrest High School
SENIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT
FIRST PLACE: Iron Phoenix
Nate Lichtenstein, The Concept School
SECOND PLACE: Life and Crime in a Nutshell: How Frances Glessner Lee Became The Mother of Forensics
Raina Farmer, Upper Darby High School
THIRD PLACE: Guilty by Heritage
Julia Mattson, Coatesville Area Intermediate High School
SENIOR INDIVIDUAL PAPER
FIRST PLACE: Blackguarding: How the Conflict of the “Jeering Episode” Created Compromise for Women Physicians
Emma Tierney, Conestoga High School
SECOND PLACE: Fuss and Factionalism: An Old Public Functionary's Struggle for Compromise
Mathew Kovan, Conestoga High School
THIRD PLACE: Kennedy’s Quarantine of Cuba: The Catalyst for Compromise in the Face of Conflict
Kenneth Ching, Marple Newtown High School
SENIOR GROUP PERFORMANCE
FIRST PLACE: The Learned Blacksmith Elihu Burritt's Struggle for Peace and Freedom
Amisha Chander, Tyler Jansen, Ruidong Jin, Trevanese Samuels, David Campbell, Conestoga High School
SENIOR INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE
FIRST PLACE: Collateral Damage
Maeve Pinheiro, Academy of Notre Dame
SECOND PLACE: The Whiskey Rebellion: Conflict without Compromise
Rose McDonald, Academy of Notre Dame
THIRD PLACE: The America-England Relationship from 1783-1812
Rachel Hauben, Upper Darby High School
SENIOR GROUP WEBSITE
FIRST PLACE: "Bloody Mary": A Religious Queen that Refused to Compromise
Sarah Dao, Alicia Kim, Marple Newtown High School
SECOND PLACE: The Smart, Angry Teenager Who Changed History: Conflict and Compromise in Claudette Colvin’s Fight for Equal Rights
Emily Massa, Gwendolyn Pohlmann, Academy of Notre Dame
THIRD PLACE: A Compromise Across the Decades: The Japanese Internment Camps and the Civil Liberties Act of 1988
Nayoung Ko, Aubrey Ochlak, Onisha Rahman, Marple Newtown High School
HONORABLE MENTION: Conflicts and Compromises in Ancient China
Andrew Li, Xavier Zhang, Garnet Valley High School
SENIOR INDIVIDUAL WEBSITE
FIRST PLACE: Cuban Missile Crisis: How 13 Days Changed U.S. Foreign Policy
Jonathan Haywood, West Chester East High School
SECOND PLACE: The Great Upheaval: Discovering a New Acadian Identity
Ian Ong, Conestoga High School
THIRD PLACE: The Opium Wars: Harbingers of Chinese Globalization
Gordon Hu, Conestoga High School
HONORABLE MENTION: More Than Hair
Krystal Headley, Upper Darby High School
Junior Division, Saturday April 7, 2018
JUNIOR GROUP DOCUMENTARY
FIRST PLACE: The Space Race: From Competitive Fight to Cooperative Flight
Tommy Scheuer, Liam Aylsworth, Chase Latyak, Jake Coombe, Fugett Middle School
HONORABLE MENTION: The House of Mouse at War: Walt Disney's Participation in World War II
Michael Dobson, Christopher Fox, Alyssa Weidman, St. Norbert School
HONORABLE MENTION: Anne Frank
Marissa D’Ambrosio, Brianna Kelly, Paxon Hollow Middle School
HONORABLE MENTION: The Most Controversial Decision in History: Harry S. Truman and the Atomic Bombs
Charlotte Fritz, Quinn O’Brien, St. Norbert School
JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY
FIRST PLACE: Success to the Triphena! A Toast to Conflict and Compromise
Lauren Karpyn, Strath Haven Middle School
SECOND PLACE: John Dickinson: Penman of the Revolution
Nolan Kerr, Fugett Middle School
THIRD PLACE: The Actions That Led to the Great War: The Beginning of World War I
Ryan Dow, Fugett Middle School
JUNIOR GROUP EXHIBIT
FIRST PLACE: Yellow Fever
Hannah Yao, Mia Xie, Radnor Middle School
SECOND PLACE: Conflict and Compromise Japanese Internment Camps
Olivia Semanko, Danielle Lewis, Fugett Middle School
THIRD PLACE: The Second Boer War: Battles, Bravery, and Barging
Lauren Elguicze, Jena Nowoswiat, St. Norbert’s School
JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT
FIRST PLACE: The Super Patriot: How Fiction Became Fact
Luke DiBonaventura, Strath Haven Middle School
SECOND PLACE: Home of the Brave, Land of the Free?; Indian Removal Act of 1830 Theresa Brennan, Radnor Middle School
THIRD PLACE: 13 Day Standoff Cuban Missile Crisis
Jessica Greulich, Fugett Middle School
HONORABLE MENTION: How the Miracle on Ice affected the Cold War
Colin Donegan, Paxon Hollow Middle School
JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL PAPER
FIRST PLACE: The Comics Code: Conflict and Compromise
Alison Alexis, Fugett Middle School
SECOND PLACE: The Vicious Cycle of Conflict and Compromise: The Clash between the Whites and the Native Americans in the Black Hills
Uzma Khan, Radnor Middle School
THIRD PLACE: Gandhi Versus Churchill: A Conflict of Personalities With No Compromise
Divasha Gupta, Fugett Middle School
JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE
FIRST PLACE: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein: The Sound of Serious Social Issues
Gabriella Palmer, St. Norbert School
SECOND PLACE: Feminism Reborn: The 1970 Women's Strike for Equality and the Conflict that Became the Second Wave of Feminism in America
Janie McRae, Radnor Middle School
THIRD PLACE: Churchill in Conflict: A Decision to Evacuate
Lawson Miller, St. Norbert School
JUNIOR GROUP WEBSITE
FIRST PLACE: Berlin Airlift; Overcoming a Humanitarian Conflict
Kathryn Palmer, Alaina Newton, Jessica Amatrudo, Grace Treon, Rachel Grobman, Fugett Middle School
SECOND PLACE: Stalingrad
Anton Skvortsov, Gavin Slate, Radnor Middle School
THIRD PLACE: Berlin Wall
Claudia Gellis, Tegan Kelsall, Radnor Middle School
HONORABLE MENTION: Drop or Not to Drop: The Atomic Bomb
Johnny Regester, Connor Watson, Nick Watson, Fugett Middle School
JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL WEBSITE
FIRST PLACE: The Whipper and the Bee Hive: A Farmworker Struggle For Better Working Conditions
Michael Marino, Radnor Middle School
SECOND PLACE: The 1992 Los Angeles Riots
Petros Karamanides, Radnor Middle School
THIRD PLACE: The Cuban Missile Crisis
Catherine Chapman, Academy of Notre Dame
HONORABLE MENTION: The Final Efforts to Compromise on Slavery
Benedict Smith, Fugett Middle School
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NATIONAL HISTORY DAY LINKS
PARKING
Your best option for parking in downtown West Chester is the long-term parking at the Chestnut Street Parking Garage, Chestnut & Walnut Streets, across from the Chester County Historical Society. Park as long as you want and have no fear of getting an overtime parking ticket. Parking is free at the meters on Saturday until 5pm. Go to the Parking Tab for details. Download the updated downtown parking map (PDF).
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While visiting West Chester, explore the downtown with its outstanding historical structures dating back to the colonial period. Browse at the many shops and dine in the restaurants.
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The West Chester Business Improvement District is a proud sponsor of National History Day which believes student interpretation of our rights and responsibilities will lead to a better understanding of our place in history. Contact Malcolm Johnstone at 610-738-3350 with any questions.
