STEUBENVILLE — Details of the Junior American Citizens contest, sponsored by the Fort Steuben Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, have been announced.

Karen Blanc, who serves as the chapter’s chairperson for the JAC committee, explained this year’s contest theme will be “Celebrating 250 Years of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: Happy Birthday America! 1776-2026!”

Junior American Citizens is the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution’s second-oldest, youth-oriented committee, preceded only by the Children of the American Revolution.

The committee had its beginnings in October 1901, when a club was organized “to teach children some knowledge of the underlying principles of our government, of American sentiment and of all that wil

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