8th Grade Lincoln Day Essay Contest
Funding Amount
Cash prizes awarded to top three essays
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Program Type: Student essay competition
Geographic Scope: Hingham, Massachusetts area (8th grade students)
Focus Areas: Essays on famous quotations by Abraham Lincoln
Award Details: Cash prizes awarded to the top three middle-school essays
When: Held in February as part of Lincoln Day celebration, which commemorates General Benjamin Lincoln (Revolutionary War hero born in Hingham) and President Abraham Lincoln (whose ancestors settled in Hingham in the 1630s)
Contact Information:
- Phone: 781-749-7721
- Email: info@hinghamhistorical.org
- Mailing Address: P.O. Box 434, Hingham, MA 02043
What Hingham Historical Society Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2022 — the most recent filing with itemized grants
Hingham Historical Society Inc reported $1,633 in grants for 2024 as a total without an itemized list; the grant details below are from 2022, its most recent itemized filing.
- Grants in 2022
- 1
- Total given
- $10K
- Median grant
- $10K
- By dollars: New York 100%. Top recipient cities: New York, NY.
Example grants
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History · New York, NY
Sponsorship of a 2022 teacher seminar at the hingham heritage museum
$10K
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Fields of Work
- Education
- History
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