Potatriots: Our winner!

We had lots of fun posting our Potatriots online at the National Archives Flickrstream, and we enjoying recognizing (and guessing) what records and events were being recreated with potatos. From visitors to National Archives staff contributions, we were impressed with your creative endeavors!

But there can be only one winner–congratulations to Amanda R!

The Foundation for the National Archives donated this prize from our Archives Shop.

Amanda, age 12, was inspired to make her Potatriot scene after visiting Colonial Williamsburg and seeing a public reading of the Declaration of Independence. Well, that’s one of our favorite documents here at Pieces of History, and so we were delighted to see its public reading recreated in potato form.

The Foundation for the National Archives will be sending Amanda a special “What’s Cooking, Uncle Sam?” prize chosen from the Archives Shop. We hope she cultivates the heirloom mini-tomatoes in her prize and her love of history!

Would you like a chance to win something from the National Archives? Are you a history buff? The folks behind @discovercivwar on Twitter are running a challenge right now. Participate in the August 2011 contest by naming as many of men as you can in this photo](http://www.ourarchives.wikispaces.net/Remembering#Still fighting for justice) taken during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963. Tweet your answers to [@Discovercivwar by 9 a.m. EDT on August 28, 2011 for a chance to win. Good luck!

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