Awarded by Congress for distinguished achievements and contributions to society, Congressional Gold Medal recipients include ...

The late actor James Earl Jones is deserving of a congressional gold medal according to the wishes of a New York ...

Some of the more well-known past recipients of the medal include George Washington, Thomas Edison and Rosa Parks. In December 2020, the “Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019 ...

Now, at age 102, as the oldest of six survivors of the groundbreaking 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, she's a new recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest honor Congress ...

The Congressional Medal of Honor Society —the Congressionally-chartered organization of the 61 living Medal of Honor Recipients—will hold its annual Citizen Honors Awards in Arlington ...

A measure to award the officers a Congressional Gold Medal still overwhelmingly passed the House of Representatives on Tuesday Virginia Chamlee is a Politics Writer at PEOPLE. She has been ...

La.) looks on during a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony honoring the 13 American service members killed during an attack at the Kabul Airport during the withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 ...

Bruring received a replica of the Congressional Gold Medal at the Civil Air Patrol Headquarters. He was officially awarded with the medal in December in Washington D.C. Bruring is a Central high ...

WASHINGTON --The “Miracle Men” came to Capitol Hill on Tuesday. Four members of the 1980 U.S. Olympics men’s hockey team that defeated the Soviet Union in the "Miracle on Ice" at Lake Placid ...

On Saturday, Feb. 22, Morton’s service in the Montford Point Marines was honored in a Congressional Gold Medal service, with his children accepting the medal on behalf of their father ...

With a history built on service, sacrifice, and leadership, the NYSE continues to set the gold standard ... said Tornes. Medal of Honor recipients, through their organization the Congressional ...

The National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas, honors more than 3,500 service members awarded the nation's highest military decoration.