Thank you notes are much appreciated. Here's one from National History Day student Nathan Davies-Venn whose documentary was selected for the African National Museum of American History and Culture, and he also earned honorable mention at Nationals:
I'd like to thank you and the Historical League for the travel funds to assist toward the cost of my NHD travels. I really enjoyed competing in the NHD competition. I learned so much history, from first of all doing my own project and also getting to see the other documentaries in my panel at the National competition. I learned that history is very important as it helps us to understand how things are today. I also had the opportunity to visit the Johns Hopkins Chesney Medical Archives and I met the archivist Teri Hatfeild who assisted me throughout my project. She allowed me the opportunity to tour the archives and I was also able to view the cell feeder and the test tube that Dr. Geys used in the discovery of the HeLa Cells. It was a really fun and cool experience and I am looking forward to doing NHD again in the fall. I have attached some pictures from my trip here for you.
Nathan Davies-Venn - Documentary Henrietta Lacks-The Woman at the Heart of Medicine: Science, Ethics and Race
