National History Day in PA!

And here are some of our winners from the ceremony! First, Edward Cheung and Daniel Khan, who won Outstanding Affiliate Entry in the Senior Division for their entry in the Senior Group Documentary Category “Asphalt Genesis: The Hidden Cost of the Forced Revolution of America’s Roads.” Second, Caiden Morrison, Gavin Morrison, and Raphael DSouza who won Third Place in the Junior Group Exhibit Category for their entry “Holy Smoke.” Third, Alex Julian and Connor Marshall, who won the George Washington Leadership Award in the Junior Division for their Group Performance “After the Revolution: How President Washington’s Reaction to Foreign Influence, Political Division, and the Threat of Rebellion Secured the Future of a Young Nation.” Not present were Aadhya Palepu, who won Outstanding Affiliate Entry in the Junior Division for her paper “Liberty, Property, and Federal Authority: Constitutional Conflict in Fries’s Rebellion and Abhinav Thadepalli, Rishi Ponda and Saharsha Konda, who won the White House History Award, Senior Division for their Website “The Watergate Scandal: Forging Transparency in American Governance.” Congratulations to one and all and thanks for contributing to such a great day for Pennsylvania at the Awards Ceremony in 2026!!🥳🥳🏆🏆🇺🇸🇺🇸

Another round of photos! Mostly from the March of States!! Our PA students led the way as they always do!!🥳🥳🙂🙂🇺🇸🇺🇸

Our first round of photos from the closing ceremony!! It was an amazing experience!!

The first of many posts to come about a successful day for NHD in PA at the Closing Ceremony of the NHD National Finals! First off, an well-deserved congratulations to the Pittsburgh’s own, the great Josh Elders! He received the Teacher of the Year award for the Senior Division for 2026!!! Congratulations again Josh, and thanks for all you do for National History Day here in Pennsylvania!!🥳🥳🏆🏆

Hello everyone! Just some updates for the closing ceremony tomorrow!

The NHD closing ceremony starts at 8:30 am, the parade of State Delegations occurs before that, so if you wish to participate plan to arrive by 7:45-8 am at the latest. We enter through gate C. We are seated in section 123, rows 16-19.
I will have certificates for all participants to give out after the ceremony is over, for those who cannot make it, I will be happy to mail it to you, as long as you send me your address of course!
For those who will be at the Parade of States I will need two people to carry the Liberty Bell Flag, and three to carry the Pennsylvania state flag. I also have plenty of individual Betsy Ross flags to hand out. I also will have a Ben Franklin pillow, a Punxsutawney Phil cutout, and some inflatable Heinz ketchup bottles and pretzels to carry! Finally, I have two coal miner's helmets and two railroad conductor's hats.
if possible, please wear your yellow State Winners shirt, I will be wearing mine!
The closing ceremony is scheduled to end by noon but should end a bit earlier than that, based on last year's ceremony.
Make sure you have removed your exhibit by 9 pm tonight or it will get thrown out!
We cannot wait to see you all at the Xfinity Center, and let's hope for good news for the awards!!

For all our Pennsylvania students participating in the Nationals at the University of Maryland, if you are in the mood for something sweet and cold, come down to the Maryland Dairy at the Food Court of the Stamp Student Center at 2 pm! Dr.B will have extra buttons to distribute as well!🙂🙂🙂🍦🍦🍦🍨🍨🍨

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Just some of our participants from the Keystone state after an amazing opening ceremony!! We know you will all make Pennsylvania proud!!

Some important registration information for the next few days!

Good luck to everyone making the trip out to College Park over the next few days for the National History Day National Finals! Safe travels and see you soon!

Interested in wearing a miner’s or a railroad engineer’s hat? Or displaying two of Pennsylvania’s most distinguished residents, Benjamin Franklin and Punxsutawney Phil? Or carrying flags of Pennsylvania, the Liberty Bell, or the Betsy Ross Flag? Now at the closing ceremony of the NHD National Finals next Thursday, you can during the parade of the states!! We cannot wait to see you there!!