Vivian Best from Oyster River High School in Dover has been selected as the 2025 recipient of the NH Civics Award, which recognizes a student for an outstanding project related to an important event in the history of government, the law, politics, or the courts.

New Hampshire’s National History Day held its 22nd competition on April 11th at Plymouth State University, where 106 contestants competed with their peers from across the state in project categories including documentary, exhibit, performance, website, and paper at the junior and senior levels (or middle and high school levels, respectively). The contest also sets the stage for the National History Day® (NHD) National Contest, taking place June 9-13 in College Park, Maryland.

Vivian said “”Organizations like NHD and New Hampshire Civics are incredibly important to continuing the history and culture of this country, and countries around the world. I am thrilled to have to opportunity to tell the story of the Maine lobster industry and its culture on this stage. It is the work of groups like these that allow people like me to retell the nuances of history through new perspectives to ensure that our past is not forgotten.”

Read more about Vivian’s award here.