Pembroke’s Cheyenne Peterson has had quite a summer, and not one many 18-year-olds get to experience.
On a whim and gentle nudge from her parents, she applied for the America250’s “America’s Field Trip” contest — which invited students third grade through senior year to answer the question “What does America meant to you?” through original writing and artwork.
For hours, the self-taught water-colorist designed her Map of America — before laying it out and painting it over a three-day stretch…