A Jan. 4 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows an apparent screenshot answering a question about the country’s highest civilian honor. “Can a president rescind the medal of freedom ...

The Medal of Honor pin is given to Girl Scouts who have performed acts of heroism beyond the expectations of their age and training, saving or attempting to save a life. “These Girl Scouts have ...

MONTEREY – The Everett Alvarez, Jr. Congressional Gold Medal Act, authored by Rep. Jimmy Panetta to honor the Salinas native and Vietnam War veteran, was recently signed into law by President ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A man is set to receive a posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor Friday and will become the first Citadel graduate to do so. Capt. Hugh Reavis Nelson, a graduate of the ...

Joe Biden at the Medal of Freedom ceremony in May. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images With just a couple of weeks remaining in his presidency, Joe Biden will honor a new group of ...

Jacobs receives Girl Scouts' Medal of Honor pin during Wollaston Wreaths Across America event Candidates who receive a Medal of Honor are recommended by the local Girl Scouts council and approved ...

But on January 4th the nation would know Johnson’s story. President Biden posthumously awarded him the Congressional Medal of Honor. Superintendent Phil Benantewas at that ceremony where Johnson ...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is bestowing the second highest civilian medal on Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson — the lawmakers who led the congressional ... Biden will honor four people ...

Democratic philanthropist George Soros and actor-director Denzel Washington were also awarded the nation's highest civilian honor ... to the Congressional Research Service. Notable Medal of ...

Though Simmons died in 1996 at age 71, she was among the Rosies who were venerated last year with the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation's highest civilian honor from Congress. In April, at a ...