The Brainerd VFW is sponsoring two essay competitions with a deadline submission of Oct. 31 for both. Students in sixth through eighth grades can write a 300- to 400-word essay for Patriot's Pen. This ...

BRAINERD — The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in Brainerd announced the winners of the annual Patriot’s Pen writing competition. This contest involved writing a 300-400 word essay with the theme “How ...

Litchfield Middle School sixth-grader Curt Wedin took first place in the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ annual Patriot Pen Essay Contest. Sixth-graders in Brenda Schumann’s writing class entered the ...

Each year the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) sponsors the Patriot’s Pen youth essay contest. Participating students must draft a 300-400 word essay on a topic selected each year by the VFW ...