RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 19 -- The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources issued the following news release: In the 40-year history of National History Day (NHD) competition in North Carolina, never has there been a season like this one. Only two of the seven regional competitions to select participants in the state competition had taken place when the pandemic struck. Many students had spent the year preparing for the contest, held annually at the Museum of History in   more