Every year people start the summer season with its unofficial start and Memorial Day weekend. Barbecues, outdoor activities and home projects typically are part of the Memorial Day weekend, but
MARION â Three contests sponsored by the Marion Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6015 Auxiliary are hoping to get local students to show their patriotism and artistic sides.
The first competition, the VFW Auxiliaryâs Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest, annually has more than 4,000 high school students from across the country enter. It starts with interested ninth- through 12th-grade students entering at Marion VFW post. It moves to the state level and finally to the national level.
The first-place winner from each state advances to national judging and competes for national awards totaling $31,500. The contest is open to all high school students in public, private, parochial or home school programs in the United States. The deadline to have an entry to the local post is March 31.