Oklahoma Oratorical Contest
The link: https://www.legion.org/documents/legion/pdf/50yearsOratoricalA.pdf is 50 years of Oratorical Winners, it shows that Oklahoma has hosted the National Oratorical three times, and Oklahoma has had four National winners.
Contest Locations:
1938 – Norman
1955 – Blackwell
1979 – El Reno
Contest Winners:
1950 – James Arthur Robinson – Blackwell Post 7; 13th Annual Contest
1962 – Patricia Annette Turner – 2nd Female National Winner; Muskogee Post 15; 25th Annual Contest
1978 – Debra A. Morris – 3rd Female National Winner; Lawton Post 29; 41st Annual Contest
1980 – Laura M. Vance – 4th Female National Winner; Lawton Post 29; 43rd Annual contest
Reported by Robert Willis, Oratorical Chairman, Department of Oklahoma, The American Legion.
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