The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 20 V.S.A. § 1547)
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§ 1547. Patriot’s Medal
(a) The Governor or the Governor’s designee, at an appropriate time and place, shall present
the Vermont Patriot’s Medal and accompanying certificate to the families of Vermont
residents killed in action while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces after February 28,
1961.
(b) The medals and certificates, which shall be procured by the Office of Veterans’ Affairs,
shall match as closely as possible the original sets of the medal first presented
on September 21, 1996.
(c) The Governor or the Governor’s designee, at an appropriate time and place, shall present
the Vermont Patriot’s Medal and accompanying certificate to the family of a Vermont
resident member or nonresident member of the Vermont National Guard or other reserve
unit located in Vermont, who is killed in action while serving in the the U.S. Armed
Forces after February 28, 1961. (Added 2005, No. 86 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2005, No. 100 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 23, 2006; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 379, eff. July 1, 2022.)