Judging for the National History Day contest in Missouri is underway as just under 500 students in grades 6 to 12, across the state, are competing in this year’s virtual contest. The theme for this year’s contest is Debate & Diplomacy in History. The awards ceremony will be held online April 30 at 3 p.m. State winners will compete at the national contest in June, which will also be held online this year due to health concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Southeast Missourian–History takes up a lot of space. Many thousands of pages in hundreds of books have been written to cover Missouri’s history. The Mississippi River Tales Mural on the Cape Girardeau flood wall covers nearly 18,000 square feet. The Cape Girardeau County Archive Center has 4,500 cubic feet of historical records going back to before...
![Three men on bank of Big Piney River, n.d. [Missouri Ruralist Photographs (P0030)]](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/2022-03/e66-Primm_banner_0.jpg?h=5d3190a5&itok=mmJOa5rX)
