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The Presidential Medal of Freedom is awarded by the president of the United States to “any person recommended to the President for award of the Medal or any person selected by the President upon his own initiative." [1] Before 1970, honorees were either selected by the president or recommended to them by the Distinguished Civilian Service ...
Pages in category "Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 703 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award of the United States, alongside the Congressional Gold Medal.It is an award bestowed by decision of the president of the United States to "any person recommended to the President for award of the Medal or any person selected by the President upon his own initiative," [3] and was created to recognize people who have made "an ...
This is a category listing, which serves as an index of existing Wikipedia articles about recipients of the Medal of Freedom (1945). It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of all recipients. The main article for this category is Medal of Freedom (1945) .
This is a list of recipients of the United States Presidential Unit Citation.This list will likely never be a complete list of the units that have been awarded the citation due to the difficulty of finding records in various archives and the recent awards given to units that might not have presently been listed.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is an award bestowed by the President of the United States and is—along with the comparable Congressional Gold Medal bestowed by an act of U.S. Congress—the highest civilian award in the United States. It recognizes those individuals who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or ...
Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President George H. W. Bush (January 18, 1993) [9] Republican Senatorial Medal of Freedom by Republican U.S. senators [10] Grand Cross of the Order of the White Lion by the Czech Republic (1999) [11] Order of the White Eagle by Polish President Lech Kaczyński (July 10, 2007) (in-memoriam) [12]
Three Puerto Ricans have been awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal, an award bestowed by the President of the United States. It is the second highest civilian award in the United States, second only to the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Established on November 13, 1969, it recognizes individuals "who have performed exemplary deeds or ...