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Friday, May 3, 2024

Presidential Medal of Freedom (May 2024) -- POTUS Biden chose group of 19

Friday May 3 afternoon at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., D.C.

former Speaker of the House NANCY PELOSI;

Rep. James Clyburn of S. Carolina;

John Kerry, climate special envoy;

former VP Al Gore;

former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg (GOP);

former Senator Elizabeth Dole (GOP - NC);

CLARENCE B. JONES, civil rights activist;

OPAL LEE, educator;

JUDY SHEPARD, founder anti-hate crime gp.;

GREGORY BOYLE (Jesuit priest &

 founder of Homeboy Industries, L.A.);

TERESA ROMERO, President U.F.W.;

MICHELLE YEOH, actress;

ELLEN OCHOA, astronaut;

JANE RIGBY, James Webb Space Telescope;

Olympian Katie Ledecky

posthumous recognition to:

Medgar Evans, Senator Frank Lautenberg, Jim Thorpe (Olympian).

1 comment:

Timothy Shaw said...

Trump, (POTUS 45), the predecessor of POTUS Joe Biden,
gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to :

Devin Nunes // Jim Jordan

three golfers on the day after 6 Jan. 2021 insurrection
at U.S. Capitol

Those who rejected the offer from Trump were

Bill Belichick, Dolly Parton