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title: 2026 Winning Oration  |  Patrick Henry College  |  Juliet H
description: Winsome boldness, godly conviction. The power of strong oration on full display! Patrick Henry College incoming freshman wins the 2026 American Legion Oratorical Contest. Juliet Hetzel, a Stoa competitor from Colorado Springs, delivered an amazing, award-winning oration on the separation of church and state as our Founders understood it.
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# Winsome boldness, godly conviction: The power of strong oration on full display! 

Patrick Henry College freshman wins the 2026 American Legion Oratorical Contest. Juliet Hetzel, a Stoa competitor from Colorado Springs, delivered an amazing, award-winning oration on the separation of church and state as our Founders understood it. 

 

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