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On May 24, 2024, Attakapas Chapter President Ed Chapman presented to Miss Grace Pellegrin the state-level medal, certificate and a $500 award for having won first place in the Louisiana State Society's Joseph S. Rumbaugh Historical Oration Contest.  Miss Pellegrin is a junior at Episcopal School of Acadiana in Lafayette,Louisiana and the subject of her oration was, "The Fight for Freedom:  Hannah Till".  The presentation was made during a high school full student assembly on the  school campus.