Each year, the state and national societies offer an opportunity to pause and reflect on the remarkable accomplishments of those who consistently go above and beyond in support of our goals. Whether by leading innovative initiatives, mentoring fellow members, championing key programs, or representing our society with distinction, these individuals help shape our direction and deepen our impact. Their work not only benefits our organization today but also lays a strong foundation for future generations of members.
It is with gratitude that we celebrate their achievements and the lasting impact they continue to make within our community and beyond. By recognizing their dedication, we affirm the values that unite us and shine a light on the kind of service that moves our society forward. This program is more than an awards ceremony; it is a tribute to the people whose passion, generosity of spirit, and unwavering commitment inspire us all to reach higher and serve better.
The Minuteman Award is the most prestigious award of the National Society. Only those Compatriots who have made distinguished and exceptional contributions of service to the National Society may be recognized. The recipient may receive the award only once. From its inception in 1952, a total of four hundred and forty-three Compatriots have been recognized with this award.
The Patriot Medal is the highest award presented to a Compatriot by a State Society. It recognizes long, faithful, outstanding, and distinguished service to the state and/or chapter. The Patriot Medal is awarded annually.
2025-05-17 — David Charles Thomas
2025-05-17 — Philip Butler Markoe
2025-05-17 — Jonathan Hunt
2025-05-16 — Christopher Edwin Washler
2024-05-18 — William Rutherford Wicks, III
2024-05-18 — Hampton Eugene Allen, Jr.
2024-05-18 — Jerry Miles Hanchett
2024-05-18 — DeCody Brad Marble
2023-05-20 — Ronald Lee Grove
2023-05-20 — Earl Frederick Mathews
2023-05-20 — Leonard William Crame
2022-05-14 — Robert Williams McGuire, Jr
2022-05-14 — Dwight Donald Elam
2022-05-14 — M. Scott Breckenridge
2022-05-14 — Robert Sturley Yarnell
2021-06-25 — David Neal Spooner
2021-05-01 — David Eben Bussone
2021-05-01 — J. Gray Chandler
2021-05-01 — Wm Lee Popham, Sr.
2020-06-12 — Donald K Lanman
2020-06-12 — COL Patrick Jay Niemann USA (ret)
2020-06-12 — William Gilbert Teater Sr.
2020-06-12 — Steven Ray Fields
2019-05-10 — Walter Richard Young Sr.
2019-05-10 — James Lewis Gibson Jr.
2019-05-10 — Lonnie Gerald Jones
2019-05-10 — Jeffrey Lee Sizemore
2019-05-10 — John Murray Stewart
2018-11-05 — Ronald Lee Peck
2018-05-19 — Raymond Francis Wess
2018-05-19 — Joseph Mark Motes
2018-05-19 — Alfred Parks Honeywell
2018-05-19 — Lee William Matson
2017-05-20 — Edward Swift Buckley IV
2017-05-20 — Lawrence Gene Fehrenbaker Sr.
2017-05-20 — James Yost Gaskins
2017-05-20 — John Logan McCullough
2016-05-14 — Jack L. Townsend Jr.
2016-05-14 — David John Kelsey, Sr.
2015-05-02 — Norman Lewis Myers
2015-05-02 — Donald Barton Cahill
2015-05-01 — Luther Richard Lloyd, Sr
2014-05-16 — Dale Coyle Bottom
2014-05-03 — Charles Louis Day Jr
2014-05-03 — Earle Scott Bushnell
2014-05-03 — Danny Robert Hooper
2013-05-04 — Hermann Hall Riediger
2013-05-03 — Victor George McMurry
2013-05-03 — Douglas Harmon Bridges, Sr
2012-05-05 — Raymond Clyde Lantz
2012-05-01 — Randy Dwight Moody
2011-05-14 — Nelson Weeks Jantzen
2011-05-14 — Phillip Herbert Tarpley
2011-05-14 — Steven Allen Williams
2010-09-17 — Charles William Riegle
2010-05-01 — James Daryl Partin
2010-05-01 — David Hardy Ramseur
2010-05-01 — Theodore Matthew Duay III
2009-04-25 — Dabney Carr Terrell Davis Jr.
2009-04-25 — Richard Bruce Cardell
2009-04-25 — Leon R Hammock Sr.
2007-04-27 — Gene Cox Brown
2007-04-27 — Ronald Eugene Toops
2007-04-27 — Lindsey Cook Brock
2006-04-29 — Kevin Arthur Yarnell
2006-04-29 — Benjamin Mayes DuBose
2005-05-01 — Basil Leo Lancaster
2005-05-01 — Robert Howard Moody
2005-05-01 — Grant Rowland Wallin Jr.
2004-05-01 — Charles Herbert Schafer
2004-05-01 — Alvie Leon Davidson
2004-05-01 — Frederic Frelinghuysen Gaines Jr.
2004-05-01 — Saul Mariano Montes-Bradley
2003-05-01 — Harry Francis Hollien
2003-05-01 — Kenneth Eugene Harrison
2002-05-01 — James Robert Holyfield
2002-05-01 — Richard Quentin Fowler
2002-05-01 — Harold Frank Miller Jr.
2002-05-01 — Thomas Yonge Bingham
2001-05-01 — John Henry Carter
2001-05-01 — Albert Chamberlain Little
2001-05-01 — Ralph Allen Eastwood Sr.
2001-05-01 — William Milton Towery
2000-05-01 — A. Oscar Kraehenbuehl
2000-05-01 — John David Tinny
2000-05-01 — Jim Rodgers Armitage
2000-05-01 — Owen Hayes Malcolm
1999-05-01 — Raymond Shepley Sr.
1999-05-01 — Douglas Haldane North
1999-05-01 — Frank Xavier Hodalski
1999-05-01 — Sam Wood Boone Jr.
1998-05-01 — George Andrew Burns
1998-05-01 — Renaldo Joseph Hamilton
1998-05-01 — Abram McComas Thomas
1998-05-01 — Frederick William Curtis
1997-05-01 — Charles Shelby Wingate
1997-05-01 — Edward (Bud) Neil Casey
1997-05-01 — Albert Jefferson Twiggs Sr.
1997-05-01 — Walter Earl Marlin
1997-05-01 — James Ross Blackburn
1996-05-01 — John Esten Cahoon Jr.
1996-05-01 — John Clement Alderman
1996-05-01 — Ralph Norman Cramer Sr.
1996-04-26 — Ralph Daniel Nelson, Jr.
1996-03-15 — James Carson Hofstetter
1995-05-01 — Courtenay Neal Crutcher
1995-05-01 — Stanley Allen Evans Sr.
1995-05-01 — Stuart Prescott Browne
1995-05-01 — Phillip Bruce Carr
1995-05-01 — Guy Starbuck Athearn
1994-05-01 — Arthur Edward Chapman
1994-05-01 — Gerald J Morgan III
1994-05-01 — David Alonzo Avant Jr.
1994-05-01 — Lauren R Bradley
1994-05-01 — Rollin LeRoy Bauchspies Jr.
1993-05-01 — John Baxter Ware
1993-05-01 — William Vincent Carnes Sr.
1993-05-01 — Robert Douglas Copeland
1993-05-01 — Winthrop A Young
1992-05-01 — William Robert Stevenson
1992-05-01 — William Samuel Weddle Jr.
1992-05-01 — Edward Delano Sullivan
1991-05-01 — Harry Linford Young Jr.
1991-05-01 — Charles Eugene Claghorn III
1991-05-01 — Ira Newell Kellogg Jr.
1991-05-01 — Charles Arthur Ralston
1990-05-01 — Martin D Fetherolf Jr.
1990-05-01 — John Eliott Beebe Jr.
1989-05-01 — Howard Russell Ford
1989-05-01 — Albert Bryan Snapp
1989-05-01 — Henry Elmer Winter
1989-05-01 — Raymond Anthony Haas
1988-05-01 — Frederick Russell Snyder Jr.
1988-05-01 — Richard Irvin Jr.
1988-05-01 — Floyd David May
1987-05-01 — John Bruce Marshall
1987-05-01 — Robert Clark Foster
1986-05-01 — Edward Sherman Hoyt
1986-05-01 — Lunsford Otto Healy
1986-05-01 — Michael Ray Gentry
1985-05-01 — Leo Sylvester La Fontaine
1984-05-01 — Simon Floyd Coats Jr.
1984-05-01 — Carl August Buechner Jr.
1983-05-01 — Joseph Simeon Rumbaugh
1983-05-01 — James Russell Miles Sr.
1983-05-01 — Richard Edward Friberg
1982-05-01 — James Frederick McClanahan Sr.
1981-05-01 — J Alan Cross Sr.
1981-05-01 — Wilbur H Sisson
1980-05-01 — Carlton Edward Fisher
1980-05-01 — Sidney Scott King Jr.
1980-05-01 — Henry L Hinkle
1979-05-01 — William Swasey Hatt
1977-05-01 — Herbert L Bowers
1977-05-01 — Cecil Leslie Bothwell Jr.
1977-05-01 — Zack Maroney Williams
1976-05-01 — Richard Henry Thompson Jr.
1976-05-01 — George Edward Morris Jr.
1976-05-01 — Matthew Bacon Sellers III
1976-05-01 — John Dupree Williams
1975-05-01 — James Lawrence Waugh
1975-05-01 — Luther F Gerhart
1975-05-01 — Austin Richards Drew
1975-05-01 — Calvin E Sutherd
1974-05-01 — George Davis Avant
1973-05-01 — Clarence L Hewitt Jr.
1972-05-01 — Harley D McKesson
1971-05-01 — Curtis E Haley
1970-05-09 — Carl K Hoffmann
1970-05-01 — Bickford E Sawyer Sr.
1970-05-01 — Eden C Booth
1969-05-01 — Francis F Henderson
1969-05-01 — V Winthrop O'Hara
1965-05-01 — Jack Coleman
1964-05-01 — Philip Nathans Coleman
0000-00-00 — Marshall E Barton
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