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.
