Aylis Manley, an eighth grader at River City Middle School, discusses her winning essay Thursday. Aylis was recognized as the American History Essay Contest winner for the Pleasantview Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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Eighth grader with familial ties to Revolution wins essay contest
Eighth grader with familial ties to Revolution wins essay contest
It started with a daydream as Aylis Manley drifted off in science class and found herself in the kitchen of a generations-old farmhouse.