Presidential Medal of Freedom

The Presidential Medal of Freedom ( German Presidential Medal of Freedom ) in addition to the peer Golden Congressional Medal of Honor one of the two highest civilian awards in the United States of America.

History

Today's Presidential Medal of Freedom was established on 22 February 1963, when President John F. Kennedy newly founded under this name. Your direct predecessor was the Medal of Freedom was, which was set up in 1945 by Harry S. Truman to honor deserving individuals of the public service during the Second World War.

The award may be presented several times both to a person as well as posthumously.

Shaping

A five-pointed gold star white, enameled, on a red pentagon (as bearer pillow ). In the center a blue disk with the 13 golden stars of the U.S. coat of arms. The star is taken by a ring of five golden eagles crest.

The Order is worn around the neck with a deep blue band with two fine white edge stripes. The loop is summarized by a silver eagle crest on the tape.

Award levels

The award is presented as a Presidential Medal of Freedom Medal neck as well as in two more significant religious stages, namely as a Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction and Presidential Medal of Freedom, with Military Distinction. They differ essentially by a golden eagle and stars on the tape.

Carrier

The following list contains a selection of the recipient of this award of merit:

Ronald Reagan on 13 January 1993

Stephen Hawking 12 August 2009

Angela Merkel 7 June 2011

Andrew Johnson Thornton Wilder Willem de Kooning Ellsworth Bunker Robert McNamara Buzz Aldrin Michael Collins (Astronaut) Duke Ellington Gregory Peck Adela Rogers St. Johns Arthur Rubinstein David K. E. Bruce Arthur Fiedler Irving Berlin Norman Rockwell Ansel Adams John Wayne Lyndon B. Johnson Rachel Carson Tennessee Williams Walter Judd Eubie Blake Warren Christopher Billy Graham Anwar Sadat Henry M. Jackson Norman Vincent Peale Sidney Hook Walter Annenberg Barry Goldwater Helen Hayes Matthew Ridgway Vladimir Horowitz Milton Friedman Margaret Chase Smith Mike Mansfield Dick Cheney Vernon A. Walters Isaac Stern Audrey Hepburn Elie Wiesel David Brinkley Ella Fitzgerald Johnny Carson Arthur Ashe J. William Fulbright Thurgood Marshall Martha Raye Arthur Sherwood Flemming Dorothy Height Barbara Jordan Robert H. Michel Sargent Shriver William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. John Hope Franklin Walter Reuther Lew Wasserman Joseph Bernardin Bob Dole Brooke Astor Elliot Richardson David Rockefeller Elmo Zumwalt Rosalynn Carter Gerald Ford Oliver Hill George J. Mitchell Aung San Suu Kyi John Chafee Wesley Clark Jesse Jackson Mathilde Krim George McGovern Daniel Patrick Moynihan Simon Wiesenthal Hank Aaron Bill Cosby Peter Drucker Katharine Graham Irving Kristol Jacques Barzun Julia Child Roberto Clemente Van Cliburn Charlton Heston James Q. Wilson Doris Day Gordon B. Hinckley Rita Moreno Norman Podhoretz Carol Burnett Robert Conquest Aretha Franklin Alan Greenspan Andy Griffith Richard Myers Jack Nicklaus Frank Robinson Paul Rusesabagina Anna Walentynowicz Joshua Lederberg David McCullough Gary Becker Francis Collins Harper Lee Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Anthony Fauci Peter Pace Laurence Silberman John Howard Ted Kennedy Desmond Tutu Sidney Poitier John Lewis (U.S. politician) Jasper Johns Bill Russell Madeleine Albright John Glenn Dolores Huerta Jan Karski Juliette Gordon Low Toni Morrison Shimon Peres John Paul Stevens Pat Summitt Benjamin C. Bradlee Bill Clinton Daniel Inouye Daniel Kahneman Loretta Lynn Mario J. Molina Bayard Rustin Arturo Sandoval Dean Smith Gloria Steinem
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