Oratorical Contest
The purpose of The American Legion’s National High School Oratorical Contest is to develop a deeper knowledge and appreciation of the Constitution of the United States on the part of high school students. Other objectives of the contest include the development of leadership qualities, the ability to think and speak clearly and intelligently, and the preparation for acceptance of the duties and responsibilities, the rights and privileges of American citizenship. Winners of the contest are eligible for scholarship money at the different levels.
Dates for the Utah Oratorical Contests are:
Post 27 (Davis County Courthouse) 5:00pm 1/21/27
District 2 2/13/27
Department/State TBD
National (Hillsdale College, MI) 5/14-16, 2027
- Quarterfinal and Semifinal
- Finals
Scholarship Amounts:
At the Post Level:
1st Place: TBC
2nd Place: TBC
3rd Place: TBC
At the District Level:
1st Place: TBC
2nd Place: TBC
3rd Place: $TBC
At the Department (State)
Level: 1st Place: TBC
2nd Place: TBC
3rd Place: TBC
At the National Level:
1st Place: $25,000.00
2nd Place: $22,500.00
3rd Place: $20,000.00
For more information and resources: Oratorical Contest | The American Legion
The 2027 Oratorical Contest will cover the Assigned Topics:
The Preamble
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Article VI Paragraph 2
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.
Amendment XIV Section 3
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Amendment XXII Section 1
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.
2023 Post 27 Winners
POC: Daniel Woodward
EMAIL: 2ndvice@post27.org