NATIONAL HISTORY DAY 2019: Triumph & Tragedy in History

National History Day is a year-long educational program for middle and high school students to research, learn and produce a creative project on a topic in history. The National Maritime Historical Society is proud to be an official supporter of this program with the hope of inspiring young people to learn about maritime history.

Congratulations to all of this year’s winners, and a big thank you to all of the hard-working teachers, coordinators and judges who made this annual event such a memorable and rewarding experience!

 

Arkansas

Senior 1st Place – Exhibit: “The Tragic Construction and Triumphant Completion: The Panama Canal”
Students: Shayla Hofmann, Hannah Halmes & Bryant Burns
Teacher: Jessica Culver, Ozark High School, Ozark, AR

 

California

Junior 2nd Place – Exhibit: “The Bombing of Pearl Harbor”
Student: Aniruddh Mohan
Teacher: Marcia Meindl, Natomas Charter School-Leading Edge, Sacramento, CA

 

Connecticut

Senior 1st Place – Website: “The Voyage of Christopher Columbus”
Students: Brandon Inahuazo & Maria Lopez
Teacher: Alfred Meadows, Wilbur Cross High School, New Haven, CT

Junior 1st Place – Website: “​Operation Dynamo: The Tragic Success Of One Of The Largest Evacuations In Military History”
Student: Aki Hussain
Teacher: Eden Stein, Worthington Hooker Middle School, New Haven, CT

 

Delaware

Senior 1st Place – Website: “The Forgotten Tragedy: Humanity Triumphs Over Explosion of the Sultana”
Students: Sophia Block & Jessica Smith
Teacher: Erin Sullivan, Cab Calloway School of the Arts, Wilmington, DE

Junior 1st Place – Website: “The Triumph of Actium”
Students: James Douglas Davis, Ashlynn Hemphill
Teacher: Andrew Bedell, Cab Calloway School of the Arts, Wilmington, DE

  

District of Columbia

Senior 1st Place – Exhibit: “Gay Marielitos: A Harsh and Secretive Journey”
Student: Isaiah Schuham-Anders
Teacher: Emily Landau, Georgetown Day School, Washington, DC

Junior 1st Place – Documentary: “A Journey of Hope: The Vietnamese Boat People”
Students: Dylan Schon, Maximillian & Tobias Zeidler
Teacher: Katherine Fiske, Stuart Hobson Middle School, Washington, DC

 

Florida

Senior 1st Place – Website: “Tragedy & Triumph Behind the Japanese Suicide Weapon – Kaiten” 
Student: Emily Krug
Teacher: Christine Leblanc, Seabreeze High School, Ormond Beach, FL

Junior 1st Place – Website: “The Day the Nation Held Its Breath: USS Squalus”
Students: Henry Fisher, Abby Louise Self, Mohammed Tanveer & Elizabeth Watson
Teacher: Leigh Ann Eubanks, Creative Learning Academy, Pensacola, FL

Junior 2nd Place – Website: “The Triumph and Tragedy of The Landings of Normandy”
Students: Danny Alex & Eric Zeng
Teacher: Charles Persall, Fairview Middle School, Tallahassee, FL

 

Georgia

Senior 1st Place – Website: “Operation Dynamo: The Miracle of Dunkirk”
Students: Leyou Eyob, Ella Hinton, Katherine Kim & Leah Weiss
Teacher: Adam Crawford, Lakeside High School, Atlanta, GA

Junior 1st Place – Paper: “The Tragic Fate of the Great Lakes Freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald”
Student: Ethan Christopher Belflower
Teacher: Brenda Blasco, Union Grove Middle School, Mcdonough, GA

Junior 2nd Place – Website: “Whaling Throughout History: Triumph and Tragedy”
Student: Evan M Smith
Teacher: Kendra McClure, Druid Hills Middle School, Clarkston, GA

 

Hawaii

Senior 1st Place – Performance: “Hawaii Workers Assist US Triumph after Tragic Pearl Harbor Bombing”
Student: Armaan Needles
Teacher: Amy Boehning, Mililani High School, Mililani, HI

Junior 1st Place – Exhibit: “Waves of Triumph, Waves of Tragedy: The Legacy of Eddie Aikau”
Student: Kahana Stroud
Teacher: Lisa Barnard, Volcano School of Arts and Sciences, Kailua Kona, HI

 

Maine

Junior 1st Place – Website: “The Human Tragedies Of Maine Rivers”
Students: Sasha Jansujwicz, Evelyn Humbert
Teacher: Kathryn Kennedy, James F Doughty School, Bangor, ME

Senior 1st Place – Website: “The SS El Faro and M/V Minouche”
Student: Sophia R. Meyer
Teacher: Nicole Schmid, Thornton Academy, Saco, ME

 

 

Massachusetts

Senior 1st Place – Documentary: “Uncovering the Capture of the U-505: One Man’s Triumph is Another Man’s Tragedy”
Students: Reena Caplan & Katherine Hendl
Teacher: Heather Carney, Westford Academy, Westford, MA

Junior 1st Place – Website: “Typhoon Cobra: The Worst Storm to Hit the US Navy in Recent History”
Students: Mo Hagenbuch & Elliot Elkin
Teacher: Jason Levy, Ottoson Middle School, Arlington, MA

Junior 2nd Place – Website: “The Sinking of the RMS Lusitania”
Student: Olivia Kiefer
Teacher: Jacob Carleen, Rising Tide Charter Public School, Plymouth, MA

 

Mississippi

Senior 1st Place – Exhibit: “A Man and His Ship: The Triumph and Tragedy of the USS Maryland”
Student: Blake Loper
Teacher: Lafayette High School, Oxford, MS

Senior 2nd Place – Website: “The Sinking Of The Titanic”
Student: Emmaleigh Smith
Teacher: Elizabeth Green, Pascagoula High School, Pascagoula, MS

Junior 1st Place – Website – “The Triumphs and Tragedies of the Titanic”
Students: Corgan Elliott & Bella Vick
Teacher: Fifth Street Middle School, West Point, MS

 

New Jersey

Senior 1st Place – Documentary: “Pearl Harbor: The Pacific Theater’s Opening Night”
Students: Dylan Byrne, Matthew Lorenzo & Akshay Minocha
Teacher: Stefanie SanFilippo, Montville Township High School, Montville, NJ

Junior 1st Place – Documentary: “A Fallen Family And Its Legacy – The Fighting Sullivan’s”
Students: Daniel Afsharzhand, Lucas Flynn, Robert Simms & Andrew Joseph Sullivan
Teacher: Christy Marella, Rosa International Middle School, Cherry Hill, NJ

Junior 2nd Place – Performance: “American Pirates or Patriot Privateers? How The Salamander Bites the (Achilles) Heel”
Student: Marshall Herman
Teacher: Alex Soudah, The Peck School, New Vernon, NJ

 

New York

Junior 1st Place – Website: “RMS Titanic”
Students: Ayseluna JoEllen Hockenbary & Jahonna Sloan
Teacher: Jerrilyn Patton, Gouverneur Central School District, Gouverneur, NY

 

North Carolina

Senior 1st Place – Documentary: “The Battles of Fort Fisher: Strangling the South”
Students: Mallik Banat and Jonah Koenig
Teacher: Chadwick Goins, New Hanover High School, Wilmington, NC

Junior 1st Place – Exhibit: “Amelia Earhart – A Disastrous Historic Flight”
Student: Allysia C. Lambert
Teacher: Salome Randolph, Central Middle School, Eure, NC

 

Ohio

Senior 1st Place – Documentary: “Billy Mitchell: Crusader for Air Power”
Students: Mark Barnette & Chase Doeringer
Teacher: Michael Hoehn, Christian Community School, Olmsted, OH

Senior 2nd Place – Website: “The Edmund Fitzgerald”
Student: Devin Headrick
Teacher: Dave Ressler, Lutheran High School West, Ridgeville, OH

Junior 1st Place – Exhibit: “The Battle of Lake Erie”
Student: Brianna Wagoner
Teacher: Debbie Pierson, Tri-County North Middle School, Lewisburg, OH

Junior 2nd Place – Exhibit: “Triumph and Tragedy of the Battle of Trafalgar”
Student: Sydney Ference
Teacher: Rachael Streitman, Mayfield Middle School, Highland Heights, OH

 

Virginia

Senior 1st Place – Documentary: “Tobruk Tragedy Turn to Triumph”
Student: Chris Nelms
Teacher: Julie Noble, The New Community School, Mechanicsville, VA

Senior 2nd Place – Exhibit: “Triumph “Forged Through” Tragedy: Legacy of the New Yorks”
Students: Henry Allen Newton & Leo Cohen
Teacher: Paige Harris, E.C. Glass High School, Lynchburg, VA

Junior 1st Place – Paper: “When Allies Attack: The Triumph and Tragedy of Mers-El-Kebir”
Student: Deven Hagen
Teacher: Kelli Arditti, Haycock Elementary School, Falls Church, VA

 

Washington

Junior 2nd Place – Website: “From Tragedy to Triumph; The Battleships at Pearl Harbor”
Student: Reagan Lund
Teacher: Renee Soohoo, Pleasant Valley Middle School, Vancouver, WA