PONTE VEDRA, Fla. (July 10, 2019) – Shari Duval will receive the Daughters of the American Revolution’s Medal of Honor award for her founding role with K9s For Warriors, the nation’s largest service dog nonprofit for military veterans. The DAR Medal of Honor is the highest honor given by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The recipient must be an individual who has shown exemplary qualities of leadership, trustworthiness, service and patriotism, and has made unusual and lasting contributions to our American Heritage.
Past DAR Medal of Honor recipients include members of NASA, human rights activists, and distinguished military veterans.
“I am just in shock that I’d be chosen for this award,” said Duval. “I have always loved our military and tried to honor them. I’m thrilled to accept this, and even more thrilled that all the outstanding folks at K9s For Warriors can partake in this honor with me.”
The award will be given at the culmination of DAR’s weeklong annual convention, the 128th DAR Continental Congress, on June 29th in Washington, D.C. DAR Continental Congress attracts more than 4,000 delegates, presenting the 185,000 DAR members from all over the world, to convene and report on the year’s work, honor outstanding award recipients, plan future initiatives, and discuss matters of its mission related to historic preservation, education and patriotism.
