Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr. Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr. Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr. (August 13, 1860 – October 23, 1925) was a Virginia politician. He moved to Winchester Virginia from West Virginia in 1887 and became a wealthy apple grower in the Shenandoah Valley and published the Winchester Star newspaper. He represented Winchester in the Virginia House of Delegates, and served as that body's Speaker from 1908 until 1914. He was the United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia from 1914 until 1920. One of his sons, Richard, became famous as a naval aviator who led an expedition to the South Pole; another,
Charles Lindbergh that it was almost always awarded for heroism in combat. It was presented to Lindbergh by President Coolidge at the White House on . Other noncombat awards of the Medal of Honor were made to naval aviators [[Richard E. Byrd]] and [[Floyd Bennett]], as well as arctic explorer [[Adolphus W. Greely]]. Lindbergh was honored as the first [[Time (magazine)|"Time"]] magazine [[Time Magazine Person of the Year|"Man of the Year"]] when he appeared on that magazine's cover at age 25 , 1928; he remains the youngest Man of the Year ever. The winner of the 1930 Best Woman Aviator of the