After a long day in Columbia, SC on Saturday we were finished with National History Day.  Sadly, Mark was in Haiti and couldn’t travel with Sam this time.  Grandma and Grandpa stayed at home with Claire and Sophie, and two young cousins … but that’s another story … while Wilson and I traveled with Sam to the State Archive Center in Columbia.

Sam’s interview was at 9:50 A.M. and then we spent our day touring Columbia until the awards ceremony at 4:30PM.  Sam’s was the first name they called.  He won 3rd Place in the state, in his age division (6th – 8th), for the Historical Paper category.  The results are posted at the SC National History Day site, upper right hand corner.

The topic this year was “Innovations in History” and Sam’s paper was entitled MS DOS: Secret Agent of Change . This was quite an experience, and if 1st or 2nd place decides not to go to Nationals, then we’ll be going to DC in June as the alternate. But for now, our ride on the National History Day train is over. What Fun!!