The Horseshoe Prairie Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, held its annual Good Citizen Recognition Tea on Feb. 7. The “Tea,” however, was held as a virtual Zoom this year due to pandemic restrictions.
The Good Citizen Award and Scholarship event is held annually on a national basis. The Horseshoe Prairie Chapter promotes the essay competition throughout Hamilton County for high school seniors. The competition is also open for surrounding counties, as students from Tipton High School and Heritage Christian High School have participated.
The criteria for the award are based on the good citizenship displayed by the students both in their communities and in their school academic and extracurricular activities. The essay topic this year was “Our American Heritage and Our Responsibility for Preserving It” with this year’s focus question: “How do the combined actions of so many citizens help our nation moving forward?”
Riddle
The Good Citizen of the Year winner was Katelyn Riddle from Tipton High School. She is in the Top 10 percent of her class since ninth grade, was on the All-A honor roll her sophomore and junior years, is a National Honor Society inductee, is ranked ninth in her class of 126 seniors, and has a 4.072 grade point average. Katelyn will receive a certificate, a scholarship check from the Horseshoe Prairie Chapter, and a large American flag that was flown over the U.S. Capitol in her honor at the request of U.S. Congresswoman Victoria Spartz. Riddle is a candidate for the Indiana State DAR Good Citizen competition going forward.
The 2021 DAR Good Citizen Award candidates representing their various high schools were: Yanni Wei, Carmel High School; Katie Barnett, Fishers High School; Katie Smith, Hamilton Heights High School; Daniela Martinez, Hamilton Southeastern High School; Ty Vaughan, Heritage Christian School; Eleanor Karst, Noblesville High School; Leah Moorman, Sheridan High School; Katelyn Riddle, Tipton High School; and Connor Housefield, Westfield High School.
Members of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution can document descent from a Revolutionary War Patriot. People can research their ancestry at dar.org/national-society/genealogy. On Dec. 2, 1896, NSDAR was granted its Congressional charter, and 2021 celebrates 125 years. For more information, visit DAR.com.