Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 4 minutes ago

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Since 1958, the West Point Association of Graduates has presented the Sylvanus Thayer Award to an outstanding citizen of the United States whose service and accomplishments in the national interest exemplify personal devotion to the ideals expressed in the West Point motto, “Duty, Honor, Country.”

The 2024 recipient is former President Barack Obama.