Citizen Soldier

Pritzker Military Museum & Library Names Three Women Veterans as Recipients of the 2023 Citizen Soldier Award

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Thursday, July 6, 2023
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Chicago, July 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Pritzker Military Museum & Library (PMML) is proud to announce the recipients of the 2023 Citizen Soldier Award: 1st Lieutenant Bette Horstman (Retired), Chief Warrant Officer 5 Candy Martin (Retired), and Brigadier General Wilma Vaught (Retired).

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  • Chicago, July 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Pritzker Military Museum & Library (PMML) is proud to announce the recipients of the 2023 Citizen Soldier Award: 1st Lieutenant Bette Horstman (Retired), Chief Warrant Officer 5 Candy Martin (Retired), and Brigadier General Wilma Vaught (Retired).
  • The awards will be presented at the 2023 annual Liberty Gala on Saturday, November 4, as the PMML continues to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
  • The recipient must have served in the U.S. Armed Forces,  guard or reserves, and is either active or honorably discharged.
  • “We take pride in honoring and recognizing three resilient women with our most prominent award during our 20th year as an organization,” stated Pritzker Military Museum & Library Founder Colonel (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired).

Pritzker Military Museum & Library Will Bestow a Posthumous Citizen Soldier Award to Hershel "Woody" Williams at its Annual Liberty Gala

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Wednesday, July 27, 2022
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Chicago, Illinois, July 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CHICAGO July 27, 2022 The Pritzker Military Museum & Library is humbled and honored to announce that the Museum & Library will bestow its first posthumous Citizen Soldier Award to Hershel Woody Williams.

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  • Chicago, Illinois, July 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CHICAGO July 27, 2022 The Pritzker Military Museum & Library is humbled and honored to announce that the Museum & Library will bestow its first posthumous Citizen Soldier Award to Hershel Woody Williams.
  • Woody graciously donated his Medal of Honor to the Pritzker Military Museum & Library in 2009.
  • Woody Williams will be honored alongside Lieutenant Colonel Enoch Woodhouse, Colonel Jack Jacobs, and General Ann Dunwoody as recipients of the Pritzker Military Museum & Librarys 2022 Citizen Soldier Award.
  • The Citizen Soldier Award recipients are selected by a committee comprised of members of the Board of Directors and non-Board volunteers of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library and by Col. Jennifer N. Pritzker, Chair and Founder of the Museum & Library.

Pritzker Military Museum & Library Names Three Veterans as the Recipients of the 2022 Citizen Soldier Award

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Wednesday, June 22, 2022
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Chicago, Ill., June 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CHICAGO June 22, 2022 The Pritzker Military Museum & Library is proud to announce the recipients of the 2022 Citizen Soldier Award: Lieutenant Colonel Enoch Woodhouse, Colonel Jack Jacobs and General Ann Dunwoody.

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  • Chicago, Ill., June 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CHICAGO June 22, 2022 The Pritzker Military Museum & Library is proud to announce the recipients of the 2022 Citizen Soldier Award: Lieutenant Colonel Enoch Woodhouse, Colonel Jack Jacobs and General Ann Dunwoody.
  • Citizen Soldier Award recipients are selected by a committee comprised of members of the Board of Directors and non-Board volunteers of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library and by Colonel (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired), Chair and Founder of the Museum & Library.
  • The Museum & Library is proud to present its highest honor at the 2022 Liberty Gala to three exemplary individuals that embody the meaning of the Citizen Soldier, stated Pritzker Military Museum & Library Founder, Colonel (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired).
  • Lt. Col. Woodhouse, Col. Jacobs, and Gen. Dunwoody are extraordinary examples of what it means to be a citizen soldier, stated Susan Rifkin, Pritzker Military Museum & Library Interim President.

Pritzker Military Museum & Library Honors the Service of Citizen Soldiers at Its 2021 Liberty Gala

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Monday, October 25, 2021
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The funds raised at this years Liberty Gala will allow the Museum & Library to continue educating the public on military history, military affairs and national security by providing a forum for the study and exploration of the military.

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  • The funds raised at this years Liberty Gala will allow the Museum & Library to continue educating the public on military history, military affairs and national security by providing a forum for the study and exploration of the military.
  • The Pritzker Military Museum & Library serves the public through preservation and education covering military history, military affairs and national security, said Susan Rifkin, Pritzker Military Museum & Library Interim CEO.
  • The Pritzker Military Museum & Librarys Citizen Soldier Award was presented to RADM Richard Schneider Ph.D ,USCGR (Retired) by Col. Jennifer Pritzker.
  • For a list of this years gala sponsors, please visit the Pritzker Military Museum & Library website .

Pritzker Military Museum & Library Names Coast Guard Reserve Rear Admiral Dr. Richard W. Schneider as the Winner of the 2021 Citizen Soldier Award

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Thursday, July 8, 2021
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CHICAGO, July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Pritzker Military Museum & Library is proud to announce that Dr. Richard W. Schneider will be the recipient of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library's 2021 Citizen Soldier Award.

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  • CHICAGO, July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Pritzker Military Museum & Library is proud to announce that Dr. Richard W. Schneider will be the recipient of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library's 2021 Citizen Soldier Award.
  • "Dr. Schneider led Norwich University honorably and furthered the development of the citizen soldier," stated Susan Rifkin, Chief Operating Officer of Philanthropic Activities.
  • Now in its second year, the Citizen Soldier Award is bestowed upon a person who has lived the mission of the citizen soldier.
  • Schneider retired after 30 years of active and reserve duty as a Coast Guard Reserve Rear Admiral in 1998.

Pritzker Military Museum & Library Announces Bob Dole as the Inaugural Recipient of the Citizen Soldier Award

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Wednesday, September 9, 2020
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The Citizen Soldier Award honors a person who is the embodiment of the Citizen Soldier tradition set by George Washington.

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  • The Citizen Soldier Award honors a person who is the embodiment of the Citizen Soldier tradition set by George Washington.
  • Senator Bob Dole personifies the ideal set forth by George Washington that is carried on by the military today.
  • I am certainly humbled to receive the Pritzker Military Museum & Librarys Citizen Soldier Award, stated Senator Bob Dole.
  • We can think of no other person who most symbolizes the values and traits of the citizen soldier than our inaugural awardee, Senator Bob Dole, stated Pritzker Military Museum & Library Founder, Colonel (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired).