Bethany Braley
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Jun 06
20 Year Milestone for the National Day of the Cowboy
2024 marks 20 years since the founding of the National Day of the Cowboy organization. It’s been quite a ride. In those 20 years, we’ve managed to achieve passage of the National Day of the Cowboy bill in fifteen state legislatures. We saw our National Day of the Cowboy flag fly to the International Space …
Jul 17
Henry Repeating Arms Partners with the National Day of the Cowboy Once Again
Thanks to Anthony Imperato, at Henry Repeating Arms, the National Day of the Cowboy organization has another Henry Rifle to help us with our fundraising efforts. This year’s Henry is a Silver Boy. I think this is the first Silver Henry we’ve raffled, although this is probably our fifth or sixth rifle raffle over the …
Jul 22
National Day of the Cowboy Revival
Saturday, July 23rd, 2022, marks the 18th Annual National Day of the Cowboy. After the past two years of near non-existence, it is experiencing an exciting and well deserved revival. Not only are many long time celebrations on the calendar once again this year, such as at the Chisholm Trail Heritage Center, but there are …
Jul 26
Cowboy Keepers of 2021
The National Day of the Cowboy’s Cowboy Keeper Award was created to recognize those who demonstrate a substantial contribution to the preservation of pioneer heritage and cowboy culture. The three outstanding recipients selected to receive the 2021 Cowboy Keeper Award are Jim Liles (Arizona), Wild West City (New Jersey), and The STAND Foundation (Washington, D.C.). …
Jul 15
One-of-a-kind Henry 22LR Rifle NDOC2021
July 14, 2021 Thanks to National Day of the Cowboy board member, Darrell Wyatt, and Henry Repeating Rifles, we have another beautiful, one-of-a-kind, Henry 22LR Rifle to raffle as a fundraising project for the National Day of the Cowboy 501c3. Darrell arranged to have our logo engraved on the butt stock and Henry Rifles also …
Mar 08
National Day of the Cowboy Flag Video
The National Day of the Cowboy organization has been collecting pictures of the NDOC flag since 2005, when it was first created. The very first photo was taken at Cheyenne Frontier Days, when Senator Thomas and his wife, Susan, presented one to the Cheyenne Frontier Days Board of Directors and to the CFD Volunteer Organization, …
Jul 25
16th Annual National Day of the Cowboy
Yes. July 25th, 2020, is indeed the 16th Annual National Day of the Cowboy! We started off our cowboy year last August, with the amazing support of the Pro Bull Riders organization, which not only hosted a fundraising sweepstakes for us, but also facilitated generous donations from some of their sponsors, such as Ariat, the …
Aug 21
Six Incomparable Cowboy Keeper Award Recipients
Without question, the receiving and reading of nominations for its annual Cowboy Keeper Award is a highlight of every National Day of the Cowboy year. The nominations are always educational and truly awe inspiring. Here are the six incomparable recipients selected by the National Day of the Cowboy’s Board of Directors for its 2019 Cowboy …
Jun 26
The Fencing Crew
The National Day of the Cowboy is proud to announce the artwork of Montana artist, David Graham, “The Fencing Crew,” which he created in 2010, will be the image for our 2019 Cowboy Keeper Awards. David is a Western and Wildlife artist whose depictions of the West spring to life through his canvas. He was …
Apr 12
Breaking through
The National Day of the Cowboy has broken out of the gate in a big way to kick off 2019. At 9:27 AM on March 28, 2019, the Arkansas House of Representatives voted to pass the National Day of the Cowboy bill, which had already been passed by the AR senate. Volunteers Jennifer Michaels and …