NPC's American Legion Post 20 members judge oratorical contest, award scholarship

National Press Club members judged an annual oratorical contest that awarded a $1,500 college scholarship to a D.C. high-school student on Saturday, March 17, at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery.

Brian Gray, Tom Young and William Watson selected Woodrow Wilson sophomore Elie Salen for the scholarship given by the D.C. Department of the American Legion.

Gray and Young are members of American Legion Post 20, affiliated with the Club for many decades, and Watson is a former vice commander of the post.

Salen will represent D.C. in national competition for scholarships of up to $18,000 April 14-15 at Legion headquarters in Indianapolis.