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Ultimate Civics Showdown: Trump Meets Homeschooled Winner of Presidential 1776 Award Competition at the Oval Office

President Donald Trump met with the three top scorers for the Presidential 1776 Award competition Wednesday in the Oval Office and gave them each a Presidential Challenge Coin.

According to a U.S. Department of Education press release, the “Ultimate Civics Showdown” is a “nationwide civics challenge created to celebrate America’s top high school students and their knowledge of our nation’s founding principles.”

“Tonight, we have the privilege of celebrating some of America’s most exceptional young minds as they take the national stage in the Presidential 1776 Award Finals,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon.

On June 30, eight students advanced to the national finals. This followed three rigorous qualifying rounds, in which over 8,000 students across all 50 states and territories competed.

The three winners were Miriam Washut, a homeschooler........

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