President Obama awards Presidential Medals of Freedom
August 14th, 2009
President Barack Obama awarded 16 Presidential Medals of Freedom, America’s highest medal awarded to civilians. The recipients included Nancy Goodman Brinker, Pedro José Greer, Jr., Jack Kemp, Sen. Ted Kennedy, Stephen Hawking, Billie Jean King, Rev. Joseph Lowery, Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow, Harvey Milk, Sandra Day O’Connor, Sidney Poitier, Chita Rivera, Dr. Janet Davison Rowley, Mary Robinson, Desmond Tutu, and Muhammad Yunus.
Check out the full White House report HERE.
