<ul id="mwPg"><li id="mwPw">2005, the Library of Virginia gave Peterson its Literary Lifetime Achievement Award.<sup about="#mwt8" class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-2" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-mw="{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"}}"><a href="./Merrill_D._Peterson#cite_note-2" id="mwQA"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwQQ"><span class="cite-bracket" id="mwQg">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket" id="mwQw">]</span></span></a></sup></li> <li id="mwRA">1997, the First Freedom Council's National First Freedom Award</li> <li id="mwRQ">1994, the Virginia Foundation for Humanities 20th Anniversary Award</li> <li id="mwRg">1994, the University of Virginia <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Phi_Beta_Kappa" title="Phi Beta Kappa" id="mwRw">Phi Beta Kappa</a> Book Award, and</li> <li id="mwSA">1960, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Gold Medal.</li></ul>
