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Folks gathered from all around to compete for the title of spelling bee champion. An ice cream social was held after to celebrate all the contestants!

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Yellow sunflowers appear to form a sea of plants upon which the Freeman school emerges. Flag is up on the school's flagpole.

One room schoolhouse

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Inside the Freeman School

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Uniformed park ranger reads from a notepad at the front of a one room classroom while contestants and onlookers follow attentively. Various school exercises appear to be written on the chalkboards behind him.

Let the games begin!

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A young boy stands in front of a classroom staring fixedly at a woman wearing a blue t-shirt. Behind the child, chalkboards hold school lessons and motivational rhymes.

Multiple competing categories....

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5 children (4 girls, 1 boy) stand in a row in front of the classroom. Behind them, on the chalkboard, one can make out the names of states, days of the week, and several cursive letters.

Multiple competing categories....

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7 contestants stand in a row in front of the classroom. Behind them, on the chalkboard, one can make out lesson plans and the portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. In front of them, observers sit and watch, one even appears to be filming the event on a cellphone camera.

Multiple competing categories....

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Three women competing in the 16+ category stand at the front of a one room classroom. A German shepherd service dog stands next to the lady on the left.

Multiple competing categories....

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A boy and girl hold up trophies in front of a flagpole just outside the one room schoolhouse. The boy also has a small ice cream cup in his left hand.

And the winners are:

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Two girls smile while holding up trophies in front of a flagpole just outside the one room schoolhouse.

And the winners are:

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A young man smiles while holding up his trophy in front of a flagpole just outside the one room schoolhouse.

And the winners are:

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Two ladies smile while holding up trophies in front of a flagpole just outside the one room schoolhouse. A girl walks behind them eating ice cream and a service dog heels close to the woman on the right.

And the winners are:

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Two girls wear long dresses and aprons, and the one on the left wears a sun bonnet. She's also eating ice cream out of a small cup!

Dressed for success

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Two women in volunteer branded clothing and a uniformed ranger sit behind a table passing out small ice cream cups to visitors and contestants. The volunteer in the middle appears to be studying as she holds her "McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader" up for the camera.

Homestead's A-team!

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Old Fashioned Spelling Bee, HOME, Labor Day (September 2), 2024

One room schoolhouse

Inside the Freeman School

Let the games begin!

Multiple competing categories....

Multiple competing categories....

Multiple competing categories....

Multiple competing categories....

And the winners are:

And the winners are:

And the winners are:

And the winners are:

Dressed for success

Homestead's A-team!

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