Recognizes an individual for exceptional service or accomplishment in the field of law enforcement.

If you would like to nominate an officer for our Law Enforcement Award, please email our Medals and Awards Chairman, Mark Byars at markabyars@gmail.com, with your nomination.

Recognizes an individual for accomplishments and/or outstanding contributions in an area of fire safety and service. The award is not limited to firefighters. If you would like to nominate a firefighter for our Fire Safety Award, please email our Awards and Medals Chairman, Mark Byars at markabyars@gmail.com, with your nomination.

Recognizes an individual for accomplishments and/or outstanding contribution in an area of emergency medical services. If you would like to nominate an EMT for our Emergency Medical Services Award, please email our Awards and Medals Chairman, Mark Byars at markabyars@gmail.com, with your nomination.

The Flag Certificate, authorized in 1987, is presented to individuals, companies and government agencies that fly the United States flag for patriotic purposes only. It is not to be given to any commercial enterprise that obviously flies it for advertising purposes.

It can be presented by a chapter, state or the National Society.

Members of the Nebraska SAR are available for speaking engagements on various topics, and are available for presentations to your organization, group, or class.

Open to all Eagle Scouts who are currently registered in an active unit and have not reached their 19th birthday during the year of application. The year that Eagle was awarded is not restricted.

Three cash scholarship awards are given:

As the National First Place winner – $10,000.00

Runner-up – $6,000.00

2nd runner-up – $4,000.00.

The Nebraska SAR awards $500 to the Nebraska winner.

Nebraska SAR specific information:

All applications must be received by the NESSAR Eagle Scout Chairman by December 1 of each year. The Nebraska Society winner will receive a $500 cash award and will advance to the National competition.

Eagle Scout Certificates may be presented at the Eagle Court of Honor by our members upon notification at least two weeks in advance. If a member is unable to attend the Court of Honor, a certificate will be mailed.

Please be aware that the local application deadline dates may vary, so interested applicants should reach out to the Nebraska SAR Education and Youth Awards Chairman, Paul Burright, at pburright72@gmail.com.

Members of the Nebraska SAR are available to give presentations to students in their classrooms, utilizing our Patriot Chest. Our presenters will be in full Revolutionary War uniforms and will present artifacts and replicas of colonial and Revolutionary War era items and tools to give students a tactile understanding of the founding of the United States during the presentation.

To schedule a Patriot Chest presentation, contact the Nebraska SAR Education and Youth Awards Chairman, Paul Burright, at pburright72@gmail.com.

The SAR High School Orations Contest is available to all high school students (9th-12th grades). It is open to all US Citizen and Legal Resident students attending home schools, public, parochial, or private high schools in that same grade range. Participants must write an original oration of not less than five minutes, or more than six minutes. The oration must be delivered from memory and without the use of notes or any kind of props. The subject of the oration shall deal with an event, a personality, or a document pertaining to the Revolutionary War with a mention of our nation’s 250th anniversary celebration. It is essential that each oration show the relationship it bears to America today. Evidence of historical research and creative presentation are also important. The oration will be judged based upon its composition, delivery, significance, historical accuracy, and relevance to our 250th anniversary.

If you or your student would like to present and video an original oration for this youth contest, please reach out to the Nebraska SAR Education and Youth Awards Chairman, Paul Burright, at pburright72@gmail.com.

The SAR American History Teacher Award is open to all Middle and High School American History Teachers, whose approved curriculum teaches students about the American Revolution era from 1750-1800. The national winner will attend a national history conference and cash prizes are available at the State and National levels.

If you would like to submit an application for this award, please reach out to the Nebraska SAR Education and Youth Awards Chairman, Paul Burright, at pburright72@gmail.com.

The SAR awards the ROTC Medal to foster the principle of the “citizen-soldier”, exemplified by the Minutemen of Revolutionary War days. This award is presented by a Chapter, a State Society, or the National Society to ROTC or JROTC cadets who are selected for having a high degree of merit with respect to leadership qualities, military bearing and general excellence.

For ROTC or JROTC units with fewer than five hundred cadets or midshipmen, one ROTC or JROTC Recognition medal will be awarded each year. For larger units, one medal may be presented for every five hundred students enrolled in the unit. In cases where a school has more than one ROTC or JROTC unit, each unit is counted separately. The Silver ROTC Medal is presented only to students in a college or university ROTC unit and no recipient may receive it more than once. The Bronze JROTC Medal was authorized in 1965, and is presented only to students in secondary school JROTC and no recipient may receive it more than once.

As of June 15, 1998, the U.S. Navy Sea Cadet Corps (NSCC) is no longer eligible to receive the SAR JROTC Bronze Medal. Instead, the NSCC should be supported by recognizing the outstanding NSCC cadet with the SAR Bronze Good Citizenship Medal.

If your school has an ROTC or JROTC unit and would like the Nebraska SAR to present a cadet with one of our medals, please reach out to the Nebraska SAR Education and Youth Awards Chairman, Paul Burright, at pburright72@gmail.com.

The SAR High School Essay Contest is available to all high school students (9th-12th grades). It is open to all US Citizen and Legal Resident students attending home schools, public, parochial, or private high schools in that same grade range. To participate, students must submit an original 800 to 1200 word essay, based on an event, person, philosophy, or ideal associated with the American Revolution, Declaration of Independence, or the framing of the Constitution of the United States. Each student’s essay will be judged based upon its historical accuracy, clarity, organization, grammar and spelling, and documentation.

If you or your student would like to submit an essay for this youth contest, please reach out to the Nebraska SAR Education and Youth Awards Chairman, Paul Burright, at pburright72@gmail.com.

The SAR Elementary School Poster Contest is available for 5th grade students in the State of Nebraska. The contest is open to public school, parochial, home-schooled, Scouting, students in that same grade level. Youths can submit their posters to the Youth Awards Chairman listed below. Students works may be judged and monetarily awarded at the national level, based on their placement in the state. For academic years ending in even numbers, the theme shall be “Revolutionary War Events”. The theme for academic years ending in odd numbers shall be “Revolutionary War Person or Persons”. Competition is at the chapter, state, and national levels

If you or your student would like to submit a poster for this youth contest, please reach out to the Nebraska SAR Education and Youth Awards Chairman, Paul Burright, at pburright72@gmail.com.