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Ridgewood NJ, Each year, the Ridgewood Historical Society invites Ridgewood High School students to write a one-page letter choosing an artifact from our annual exhibit. This year the exhibit was “Here Comes the Bride—Two-hundred years of wedding customs & traditions.” Students were asked to write from the point of view of a fictionalized person to a friend/relative in Ridgewood. Winners were chosen based on their ability to relate common human experiences in the context of a specific historical moment.
The first place winner, Megumi Tamura, who read her letter at the BOE meeting on Monday February 24th and was awarded the $100 cash prize! The 2nd place winner was , Lydia Han and 3rd place winner was, Matt Winnert. Awards were presented by the Ridgewood Historical Society’s high school liaisons Amelia Safai and Zachary Kim.
Thank you to the RHS History Department and to ALL RHS students who participated in this year’s “Letters From History” contest.