Celebrating History

Usually when people celebrate, they are recognizing a birthday, a sports event, or a holiday. But for National History Day, thousands of people gather to celebrate history. There are students, teachers, and parents from all over the United States._____（26）The whole experience is truly amazing.

National History Day is part of an international network. It promotes history education by organizing a competition every year. Each year, a theme is selected for the competition._____（27）This year's theme is Rights and Responsibilities in History. It inspired over 600,000 students to enter into the competition.

National History Day opened with a welcome ceremony speech delivered by Dr. Amma. Dr. Amma is a historian and a professor in the subject areas of theater and dance. When she was a junior in high school, she took part in National History Day._____（28）“The only thing in my mind was to tell the Africans' story and to tell it right," she said.

Another exciting event was the National History Night. Students, parents, and teachers had the chance to tour the National Museum of American History and see an exhibition from each state. One student from Virginia planned an exhibition on the topic of World War II._____（29）Their project focused on press freedoms.

The celebration of National History Day lasted for five days. It ended with the awards ceremony on Thursday._____（30）They included prizes for each category, outstanding project for each state, and special awards.

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