{"id":175,"date":"2022-09-12T20:53:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T20:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nhd.org\/?page_id=175"},"modified":"2026-06-10T13:14:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T13:14:20","slug":"theme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nhd.org\/en\/contest\/theme\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme"},"content":{"rendered":"<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"page-title\" class=\"theme-block wp-block-theme-blocks-page-banner full-width has-background has-background-color\" style=\"--background-color:#d7d2cb\"><div class=\"layout\"><h1 class=\"block-title appear-on-scroll\" id=\"page-title\">Theme<\/h1>\n<div class=\"block-content appear-on-scroll\">\n<p  class=\"appear-on-scroll is-style-intro wp-block-paragraph\" >The annual National History Day<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> contest theme is designed to help you think of a topic from any aspect of local, regional, national, or world history. 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