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The Liberty Medal is an annual award administered by the National Constitution Center (NCC) of the United States to recognize leadership in the pursuit of freedom. It was founded by the Philadelphia Foundation. In 2006 an agreement was made with the National Constitution Center (NCC) that the NCC would take over the organizing, selecting and ...
On July 4, 2003, the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia awarded O'Connor the Liberty Medal. In her acceptance speech she stated, "one of our greatest judges, Learned Hand, explained: 'Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it.'
He was the first recipient of the Liberty Medal, on 4 July 1989 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, [4] and that same year received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. [5] He is the third foreigner and the first non-head-of-state to have addressed a joint session of the United States Congress (15 November 1989). [3]
Bill Clinton presented Mandela with the Philadelphia Liberty Medal on 4 July 1993. Received Gleitsman Foundation International Activist Award, Johannesburg, 12 May; Received Philadelphia Liberty Medal. Presented by President of the United States Bill Clinton, Philadelphia, US, 4 July; Honorary Degree conferred, Clark Atlanta University, 10 July
The Hoover Medal, 1998; The Delta Prize for Global Understanding, Delta Air Lines & The University of Georgia, 1999; International Child Survival Award, UNICEF Atlanta, 1999; Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1999; William Penn Mott Jr., Park Leadership Award, National Parks Conservation Association, 2000 [11] Zayed International Prize for the ...
In 2022, the battalion was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, and King was recognized in a ceremony in Las Vegas. [8] Their story became the subject of the Netflix film The Six Triple Eight, directed by Tyler Perry and featuring Kerry Washington. King was a main character and was portrayed by Ebony Obsidian. [8] [1]
In 2011, Bush was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom—the highest civilian honor in the United States—by President Barack Obama. [48] The USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), the tenth and last Nimitz -class supercarrier of the United States Navy, was named for Bush.
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