Bill Introduced To Honor 200,000 Black Union Soldiers With Gold Medal
There's a new effort to award the Congressional Gold Medal to 200,000 African Americans who served in the Union Army during ...
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This Medal of Honor recipient became an ace pilot in a day
Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...
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Shiffrin says she’s dealing with PTSD after crash, won’t defend giant slalom title at ski worlds
SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — Mikaela Shiffrin says she is dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder following a crash in November and will not defend her gold medal in giant slalom at the ...
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Head wins fans as well as AB Medal by simply being himself
Head of the class: Travis claims Allan Border Medal Not only was he named 2022 State Player of the Year for his efforts with SA, he also scored the prestigious Men's Test Player of the Year prize ...
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2 soldiers who fought in the Philippine Insurrection to be awarded Medals of Honor approved more than a century ago
since neither family wanted a formal ceremony in Washington. Harris and McIntyre were approved for the Medal of Honor — the nation’s highest military award for combat heroics — in 1906 by ...
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Kentucky Derby Festival unveils medals for minimarathon, marathon races in Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Kentucky Derby Festival shared a first look of medals that will be given to runners of the 2025 GE Appliances miniMarathon and Marathon. Competitors will receive the ...
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Notable African Americans who helped change the world
On June 20, 1993, Ashe was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President ... an honorary deputy marshal in a ceremony in Washington, DC. Drafted right out of Lower Merion ...
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A rare gold medal from the 1904 St. Louis Olympics sells for $545,371 at auction
BOSTON — A gold medal awarded at the first Olympics hosted on U.S. soil was sold at auction for over half a million dollars, part of hundreds of lots of memorabilia from the Games over the ...
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French luxury giant LVMH denies responsibility for rusty, deteriorating Olympic medals
French luxury conglomerate LVMH is denying reports that it is responsible for deteriorating and rusting Olympic medals that were handed out to athletes during the Summer Games in Paris last year.
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A rare gold medal from the 1904 St. Louis Olympics sells for $545,371 at auction
A rare gold medal from the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis has been sold at auction for $545,371 as part of a larger collection of memorabilia from previous Games. BOSTON — A gold medal awarded at ...
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Rare 1904 Olympic Gold Medal Reaches $545,000 At Auction
A rare 1904 Olympic gold medal from the St. Louis Games. / RR Auction A gold medal handed out at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis sold for a staggering $545,371, making it the third-highest ...
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Paris Olympics Medals Are Tarnishing, Putting LVMH in the Spotlight
The medals were designed by a jewelry maker owned by the French luxury conglomerate, which has declined to comment on their deterioration. By Tariq Panja and Liz Alderman Tariq Panja and Liz ...