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The Joseph S. Rumbaugh Historical Oration
Contest is open to all students attending home schools, public, parochial,
or private high schools who are in their sophomore, junior or senior year
of study during the contest year.
History of The Joseph S. Rumbaugh Oration Contest
In honor of a Florida SAR member, this Oratorical
event was renamed the Joseph S. Rumbaugh Oration Contest. For
many years this Compatriot has shown an active interest in the welfare of
youth and has been a creative promoter of this contest. The
contest is designed to explore the influence of the Revolutionary war on
present day America.
In 1945 an Ohio SAR member, Douglass G. High,
originated this creative exercise in a Cincinnati Senior High. Two
years later the NSSAR assumed National sponsorship. Douglass G.
High passed away in 1952. In 1953 the National Society attached
his name to the contest title as a memorial. He was the first
Chairman on the NSSAR Oration Committee, serving in this capacity for five
years.
Purpose Of The National Contest
 | To bring American History to the high school student and focus on
events of today.
| To draw an intelligent relationship between the past and the
present.
| To clearly demonstrate freedom of opportunity as a basic right of
our national heritage.
| To place a positive emphasis on the plans of our founding
fathers.
| To emphasize justice under law in the free society.
| To illustrate how the Revolutionary War influenced our freedom of
expression which originated in the famous, 1735 trial of the Colonial
New York printer, John Peter Zenger. |
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The preliminary rounds of the contest are held by
Chapters and/or State Societies of the Sons of the American Revolution to
select one winner from each participating state. In regions
(SAR Districts) where no State Society sponsors an entrant, an SAR
District entry is permitted. Prizes may be awarded to winners
of Chapter and State Society (or District) competitions.
The National Society competition between State
Society winners is held during the NSSAR's National Congress in June/July.
Rules
of the Rumbaugh Oration Contest
For further information about the contest, do one of
the following
| Call, write, or email oration@gflssar.org.
| Email to NSSAR Headquarters at
National
Chairman
| Write -- making sure to enclose a number 10, business size,
self-addressed envelope -- to the
Chairman of the Rumbaugh Oration Contest
c/o NSSAR Headquarters
1000 South Fourth Street
Louisville, KY 40203-3208
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