County middle schooler 1st in national history contest

(July 2, 2024)

Brown County Democrat

Brown County Middle School student Aesop Birkemeier has been awarded first place in the Junior Division for his individual performance at the National History Day Contest in College Park, Md.

Nearly 3,000 students from across the country presented history projects in five categories, performance, documentary, exhibit, paper and website. Each project needed to fit within the parameters of the theme, turning points in history and was judged by 540 historians and education professionals.

Birkemeier received a National Humanities Medal from the National Endowment for the Humanities and a $1,000 cash prize for winning first place in his division.