Nine Decorah students wrap up their trip to the National History Day competition

Nine Decorah students are heading home from the University of Maryland, the home of the National History Day grand prize competition.

The students were not named as first, second or third place winners in their categories, but they got a chance to spend a week with other history buffs on the East Coast.

Decorah Middle School students Loden Henning, Kalle Solberg, Katie Perez, and Katelyn Yee will be showing their documentary, "Elijah Parrish Lovejoy: America's Reaction to a Revolutionary Idea."

6th grader Kaitlyn Rooney from St. Benedict's will be showing her project, "Tinker vs. Des Moines: A Revolution in Students' Rights". 

Decorah Middle School 8th grader Autumn Delong qualified with her individual documentary, "Robert Ray: A Voice for Refugees".

Three Decorah High School students--Aidan Spencer, Clara Kittleson, andLydia Hayes--will be showing their documentary chronicling the removal of the social dancing ban at Luther College during the 1960s.