[kcvl]

In March 1996, he (Edwards) got an invitation to the White House, his first -- thanks to Wade. The Edwardses came to Washington to meet first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton as part of a ceremony honoring Wade for his writing. He made the finals in a contest whose theme was "What It Means to Be an American."

[Mo1]

http://www.geocities.com/nctechwriter/WEF/edit.html

The kicker: Some 30 years earlier almost to the day, Wade’s mother had also been a finalist in a similar contest, writing under the topic, "Democracy: What It Means to Me."