Winner of the Wayland Veterans Memorial Freedom Prize named

Wayland Town Crier 5/26/11: Winner of the Wayland Veterans Memorial Freedom Prize named. The 2011 winner of the Wayland Veterans Memorial Freedom Prize is Maggie Hojlo, a Wayland High School sophomore, for her essay “High Standards: Looking at Women’s Rights in Iran from an American Point of View.” She is the daughter of David and Laurie Hojlo. Hojlo began her essay with the words, “Women in the United States have the security of the Bill of Rights, particularly the 14th Amendment, to protect them in situations of discrimination … In Iran it is a completely different tale.” The Wayland Veterans Memorial Freedom Prize, offered for the sixth year, is one of three parts of an ongoing “Celebration of Freedom” – the granite memorial standing in front of the Wayland Town Building; the Book of Remembrance published in honor of all U.S. veterans for their gift of freedom; and the annual award of a $500 Freedom Prize for an essay on “freedom” by a Wayland High School student.

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