And the Medal of Freedom you so kindly bestowed on me, you also bestowed on them.
Earlier this year the 71-year-old received the Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honour, from President Obama.
Musician Bob Dylan, astronaut John Glenn, and Israeli President Shimon Peres were among the Medal of Freedom recipients.
In 1945, President Truman signed an executive order establishing the Medal of Freedom.
The presentation of the Medal of Freedom and the toast remarks, as well as the entertainment, are pooled press.
In 1989, as the Cold War was ending, he was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President George Bush.
This ability transformed Disney from a common-or-garden media mogul into an embodiment of the American dream, the winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and a fixture on the front cover of news magazines.
But imagining that I would one day stand in the Rose Garden of the White House and receive the Medal of Freedom from an American President, that was certainly beyond even my wildest dreams.
Recently the president gave Dorothy Height, the leader of the National Council of Negro Women, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
He never sought the celebrity he would win, or the honors a grateful nation bestowed upon him: the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, or the Congressional Gold Medal to name but a few.
He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the United States and the titles of Commandant of the Legion of Honor in France, Honorary Knight of the British Empire, and both Grande Ufficiale and Cavaliere di Gran Croce of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
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She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1996, and the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation's highest civilian honour, three years later.
Among this year's 13 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Mr. Obama posthumously honored Jan Karski.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest honor a President can bestow on a civilian.
Her philanthropy was recognized with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's top civilian honor, in 1998.
President Reagan awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the time of his departure from the Pentagon.
In 2011, President Barack Obama bestowed upon him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
Forty-eight years later, a frail and grayed Musial received similar praise from President Barack Obama, who awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
Forty-eight years later, a frail and grayed Mr. Musial received similar praise from President Barack Obama, who awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
And he announced he would award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, posthumously to Jan Karski, an officer in the Polish underground during World War II, who provided one of the first eyewitness accounts of the Holocaust.
Dr. Norman Borlaug is one of only three Americans to ever win the Nobel Peace Prize, the Congressional Gold Medal (America's highest civilian honor) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Mrs Parks was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1996, and the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation's highest civilian honour, three years later.
Franks, who would soon retire and be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, said he ordered the transition to force the Pentagon to get leaders into the field to work with civilian occupation officials.
The campaign was, in essence, a marketing and lobbying effort on behalf of Cardinals legend and MLB hall-of-famer Stan Musial to land him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Nonmilitary victims could receive the Secretary of Defense Medal for the Defense of Freedom, the civilian equivalent of the Purple Heart.
The singer has received numerous international accolades, including the Spanish Prince of Asturias Award for Arts, Commander of the French Legion d'Honneur, the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom, and Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
The justice on Tuesday received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Obama in a White House ceremony.
As President, the highest honor that I can bestow on a civilian is the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Obama named Kennedy as one of 16 recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor.
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