the nation’s highest military distinction, to seven U.S. Army veterans for acts of heroism during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Find out more below. What Is the Presidential Medal of Freedom?

Kennedy, and Fannie Lou Hamer, who founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. The White House press release states, “the Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation’s highest civilian ...

In the East Room of the White House on a particularly frigid Saturday afternoon, President Joe Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom to ... medals to valiant military veterans ...