WASHINGTON, D.C. — Colin Fullam, 18, a senior at Sayville High School in Sayville, NY, is the winner of the Veterans Day 2000 National High School Poster Contest. Fullams computer-generated artwork will become this years national Veterans Day poster distributed to veterans service organizations, military installations and schools throughout the country.
Fullam, who graduates this spring and plans to join the ROTC program at the New York Institute of Technology when he begins classes there in the fall, said he was surprised to learn that he had won. "I just put my thoughts into pictures and tried to use pictures that describe Veterans Day most accurately," Fullam said. He added that he "wanted people to think about what those who served in the military have done, because theres more to serving than just what we see."
The poster contest is sponsored by the Veterans Day National Committee and managed by individual state Veterans Affairs directors as a way for high school students to express their thoughts about veterans through their art. The winning poster was selected from finalists representing 21 states and one U.S. territory.
As the winning artist, Fullam will travel to Washington to be recognized during Veterans Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery on November 11, 2000. The winning national, state and territory poster art will be displayed in the Rotunda of the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., from November 6 — 10. It also can be viewed on the Internet at
The Veterans Day National Committee was established in 1954 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to coordinate Veterans Day planning at the national level. The committee, chaired by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and composed of representatives from 31 national veterans service organizations, oversees the national Veterans Day ceremony held every year on November 11 at Arlington National Cemetery. The committee also supports regional Veterans Day celebrations throughout the country and annually distributes Veterans Day teachers guides to more than 100,000 schools.
