Announcing the Winner of the Arnold Krekel and James Milton Turner Youth Essay Contest

The Missouri Humanities Council, Cross-Cultural Strategies, Visit Hermann, and the Deutschheim State Historic Site recently teamed up to explore and celebrate the remarkable contributions German immigrants made to the abolition of slavery in Missouri. This partnership lead to the highly successful Symposium on the Shared History of German and African Americans in Missouri held in Hermann at the Festhalle on February 29th to a crowd of 260 people!

Grace Craighead, a junior at Jefferson City High School, was the first place winner of the essay contest and will receive a cash award of $300.

MOCHE played no formal role in this essay contest or its judging, but as a proud partner of the Missouri Humanities Council, we congratulate Grace and are pleased to post her winning essay.

For more information on this contest in 2021, please contact Sharon Thatcher at info@gitana-inc.org.