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Fox Nation Patriot Awards: Wisconsin metal art company who 'chased the American dream' unveils 2024 trophies

An intricately folded Old Glory encased in a metal frame, the New York City skyline, the colors of red, white and blue and 9/11 steel generously donated by the Tunnel to Towers foundation – these elements of the American image are bedfellows with the boldness, tenacity, patriotism and strength of the American spirit.

For this father-son duo, they're also the outward manifestation of a hobby-turned-dream come true.

The Metal Art of Wisconsin founders have had the honor of designing the awards handed over to Patriot Award recipients in 2022, and they're back with the same meaningful craftsmanship this year.

The Fox Nation sixth annual Patriot Awards trophies feature intricate design elements, including stabilized wood and 9/11 steel. (Metal Art of Wisconsin)

"That was some of our best work, I thought," Shane Henderson said of the 2022 awards. "We thought we were going to have a hard time beating it, and I think we did."

Henderson joined FOX Business' "Varney & Co." this week to show off the 2024 pieces ahead of the ceremony.

The rich blue color is stabilized, meaning a vacuum sucks the dye all the way through to fully saturate the piece.

Fox Nation's sixth annual Patriot Awards trophy shows the New York City skyline on the backplate. (Metal Art of Wisconsin)

"A wounded combat veteran out of Virginia, Jeff O'Connor at O'Connor Woodworking, did this for us," Henderson explained.

"The vacuum sucks all this dye into it, so the wood is blue throughout." 

Though the statues have a significant meaning to those who receive them, they hold a different importance to the Hendersons. It has been their avenue to the American Dream, all after a happenstance discovery.

"When my son was ten, in 2013, we made a flag, we put it on Instagram. It went viral – like stupid viral. We had no employees. We had full-time jobs. We chased the American dream, you know? Eleven years later, we're a pretty large company. We've shipped 60,000 products, and they all revolve around patriotism, so it's all flags that open up, flags that turn into a bar on the wall, and we have a brand-new invention that we just did. We have a refrigerated flag called the Chill Daddy, and it's a big 4-foot flag that hangs on the wall, and it folds down, and it's got a refrigerator compressor in it," he told Varney. 

Attendees will gather at the Tilles Center Concert Hall in New York this Thursday to honor and recognize America’s patriots, including military veterans, first responders and other inspirational everyday heroes.

Hannity announced on Tuesday that President-elect Donald Trump will also be in attendance to receive this year's Patriot of the Year award.

Fox News' Ashley Carnahan contributed to this report.