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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
Jean Donald Mathieu, left, is presented with the New York State Senate Liberty Award by state Sen. Bill Weber on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024, at Finkelstein Memorial Library in Spring Valley.
In the same year he received the Freedom medal. [citation needed] In 1993, he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. [94] On 4 July 1994, Václav Havel was awarded the Philadelphia Liberty Medal. In his acceptance speech, he said: "The idea of human rights and freedoms must be an integral part of any meaningful world ...
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.
Philadelphia Liberty Medal: National Constitution Center : Leadership in the pursuit of freedom Reebok Human Rights Award: Reebok: Activists under the age of thirty who fought for human rights through non-violent means Andrei Sakharov Prize (APS) American Physical Society: Outstanding leadership and/or achievements of scientists in upholding ...