The American Legion High School Oratorical Program
“A Constitutional Speech Contest”
This program was initiated in 1938 to develop a deeper knowledge and
understanding among high school students of the Constitution of the
United States of America. The participants also obtain the ability to
think, speak intelligently and prepare, through understanding, for the
responsibilities, rights and privileges of American Citizenship.
National Scholarships awarded annually are in the amount of $138,000.
