Towson Middle School Student Wins History Day Competition Award

TOWSON, MD – A local Towson student has been named a winner of the 2021 Maryland History Day for her work exploring how Frederick Douglass viewed the Constitution.

Lila Kassouf, a student at Dumbarton Middle School, received the Award for Excellence in Legal & Constitutional History, junior division at this year's competition.

More than 300 middle and high school students submitted projects to present their historical research at the 2021 Maryland History Day Competition, which is the culmination of a year-long program from Maryland Humanities.

Maryland History Day was started in 1999 and is open to public, private, parochial and homeschool students in grades 6 through 12. Students are encouraged to create original documentary films, exhibits, performances, research papers or websites exploring the historical topic of their choice. This year's theme was "Communication in History: The Key to Understand."

Students from six Maryland Counties and Baltimore City will represent Maryland in the National History Day competition, where they will compete among 3,000 participants from around the country.