This week, U.S. Senator Jerry Moran visited with 6th graders from Manhattan’s Woodrow Wilson and Marlatt Elementary Schools.

They were in Washington, D.C., for the National History Day Competition that included 2,900 students from across the country.

Each of the Kansas students qualified to compete nationally by placing first or second in the Kansas History Day competition. Students chose historical topics and conducted research through libraries, archives, museums, oral history interviews and historic sites, and presented their projects