presidential medal of freedom in English

noun
1
(in the US) a medal constituting the highest award that can be given to a civilian in peacetime.
In 1996, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom , awarded to civilians making outstanding contributions to American life.

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1. Trump ‘Cheapens’ Presidential Medal of Freedom by giving it to Patriots’ Bill Belichick, report says

2. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by fellow Arkansan Bill Clinton in 1996

3. In 1949, Truman awarded Zwicky the Presidential Medal of Freedom, for work on rocket propulsion during World War II.

4. He was honored at the Kennedy Center Honors in 1983, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan in 1985, and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1997.

5. She was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal (co-presentation with her husband on October 21, 1998) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (presented 1991 by George H. W. Bush).

6. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter in 19 the Congressional Gold Medal in 200 and in 19 Martin Luther King Day was established in his honor.