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SR Headquarters at the
Fraunces Tavern and Museum in New York City. Since the early 1960s, each winner has received a keepsake Tiffany silver Revere bowl. A keepsake replica, alongside a print of General Henry Knox is on display at Fraunces Tavern in lower Manhattan (see image at the top of the piece).
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The Knox Trophy is awarded annually prior to commencement ceremonies each year at the USMA at West Point. The award is normally presented by the
President or board member of the Sons of the Revolution of the State of New York. A photograph along the annual commencement publication is sent back to the
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General Society and several state societies have established various educational and military awards which are given to individuals and groups for their academic or service performance. The awards include the Annapolis Cup which was created in 1905 and given annually by the general society and
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Revolution in New York (SRNY), the trophy was designed by Tiffany & Company and is still presented annually to the Corps of Cadets of the United States Military Academy by the Sons of the Revolution (NY). The tradition started back on October 8, 1910, and continues
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The building served also as the offices of the
General Society until 2002, when the society headquarters moved to its current location in Independence, Mo. The museum maintains several galleries of art and artifacts about the Revolution including the McEntee "Sons of the Revolution" Gallery that
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A record in 1909 found an order of general merit ranking that included an order of merit score in; Civil and
Military Engineering, Law, Ordnance and Science of Gunnery, Drill Regulations, Practical Military Engineering, Conduct First Class, less demerits for the year, providing a General Merit
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October 8, 1910, and is given annually by the Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York to the United States Military Academy cadet with the highest rating for military efficiency. Named in honor of General
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The Knox Trophy's
Tiffany & Company cadet keepsake Revere bowl on display at Fraunces Tavern and Museum in Manhattan, New York. The original Knox Trophy is kept at the USMA at West Point. The exhibit was created by past SRNY President, Dr. Laurence
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The Knox Trophy, made in 1910 by Tiffany & Company for the Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York to present to the US Army United States Military Academy's top cadet.
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Most of the recipients were the First Captain of their graduating class, but it is not a requirement to win the award. On the list is some of the top U.S. Army officers;
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cadet, and the Knox Trophy (From Massachusetts, not New York) which was created in 1924 and given annually until 1940 by the Massachusetts society to a
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housed in a restored building that played a prominent role in pre-Revolution and Revolution history. The building that houses the tavern, located at 54
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1918 – John Thornton Knight, Jr., First Captain USMA
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381:1966 – Norman Elliott Fretwell, First Captain USMA
356:1973 – Joseph Phillips Tallman, First Captain USMA
344:1977 – Kenneth Franklin Miller, First Captain USMA
236:2009 – Justin Wei Sen Lee (Singapore Armed Forces)
938:The Order of the Founders and Patriots of America
570:1922 – Charles Joseph Barrett, First Captain USMA
541:1929 – Bruce Douglas Rindlaub, First Captain USMA
460:1949 – Harry Agustus Griffith, First Captain USMA
445:1952 – Gordon David Carpenter, First Captain USMA
402:1960 – Charles Paddoc Otstott, First Captain USMA
390:1963 – Richard Everett Eckert, First Captain USMA
387:1964 – Richard Allen Chilcoat, First Captain USMA
341:1978 – James Allen Hoffman II, First Captain USMA
608:1913 – David Edward Cain, First Captain USMA, MO
573:1921 – George Hamden Olmsted, First Captain USMA
554:1926 – Raymond Coleman Maude, First Captain USMA
551:1927 – Charles Edward Martin, First Captain USMA
499:1938 – Harold Killian Kelley, First Captain USMA
478:1944 – John Holloway Cushman, First Captain USMA
399:1961 – Harold Michael Hannon, First Captain USMA
328:1981 – Stanley Raymond March, First Captain USMA
588:1916 – Raymond George Moses, First Captain USMA
576:1920 – Howard Louis Peckham, First Captain USMA
502:1937 – Stanley Lowell Smith, First Captain USMA
496:1939 – James Lewis Cantrell, First Captain USMA
353:1974 – Jack Edward Pattison, First Captain USMA
350:1975 – James Kevin Abcouwer, First Captain USMA
347:1976 – Richard Morales, Jr., First Captain USMA
338:1979 – John Joseph Cook III, First Captain USMA
290:1991 – Douglas P. McCormick, First Captain USMA
463:1948 – Arnold Web Braswell, First Captain USMA
442:1953 – Robert Erwin Barton, First Captain USMA
369:1970 – John Thomas Connors, First Captain USMA
322:1983 – Lawrence John Kinde, First Captain USMA
319:1984 – William Edward Rapp, First Captain USMA
316:1985 – Brian Lawrence Dosa, First Captain USMA
313:1986 – Timothy Alan Knight, First Captain USMA
257:2002 – Andrew T. Blickhahn, First Captain USMA
242:2007 – Jonathan C. Nielsen, First Captain USMA
101:today as the academy's oldest military award.
811:"Reports from State Societies, Massachusetts"
475:1945 – Robert Evans Woods, First Captain USMA
284:1993 – Shawn Lance Daniel, First Captain USMA
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518:1933 – Kenneth E. Fields, First Captain USMA
512:1935 – Herbert Caran Gee, First Captain USMA
439:1954 – John Chapman Bard, First Captain USMA
384:1965 – Carl Robert Arvin, First Captain USMA
166:Other Sons of the Revolution Military Awards
366:1971 – Thomas Alan Pyrz, First Captain USMA
303:1988 – Gregory H. Louks, First Captain USMA
300:1989 – Mark M. Jennings, First Captain USMA
287:1992 – Omar J. Jones IV, First Captain USMA
191:U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point
882:United States Military Academy, West Point
436:1955 – Lee Donne Olvey, First Captain USMA
378:1967 – Jack Bruce Wood, First Captain USMA
281:1994 – Howard H. Hoege, First Captain USMA
266:1999 – Robert M. Shaw, First Captain USMA
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783:"Reports from State Societies, New York"
702:"The Happy Hour Guys at Fraunces Tavern"
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278:1995 – Hans J. Pung, First Captain USMA
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839:"The Knox Trophy and Medal, 1924-1940"
490:1941 – John Norton, First Captain USMA
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673:"Differences Between the SR and SAR"
643:Daughters of the American Revolution
633:General Henry Knox, Secretary of War
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585:1917 – Robert Marks Bathurst
579:1919 – Hugh Ambrose Murrill
507:William Childs Westmoreland
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260:2001 – Jonathan J. Hopkins
254:2003 – John R. Rhodes, Jr.
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233:2010 – Nicholas Reisweber
877:USMA First Captains list
564:, First Captain USMA, SC
593:Roscoe Barnett Woodruff
275:1996 – Scott M. Naumann
269:1998 – Robert K. Bryant
245:2006 – Peter J. Cacossa
202:field-artillery battery
118:William Osborn McDowell
917:North Carolina Society
897:Fraunces Tavern Museum
618:, First Captain USMA,
450:Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin
409:, First Captain USMA,
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251:2004 – Joseph Z. Wells
248:2005 – James M. Edelen
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214:William Westmoreland
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