A Jan. 4 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows an apparent screenshot answering a question about the country’s highest civilian honor. “Can a president rescind the medal of freedom ...

President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction, the nation's highest civilian honor, to Pope Francis on Saturday. The medal was scheduled to be presented to the ...

Biden posted on X an image from the Oval Office in which a military aide presented the medal. The White House announced the honor after Mr. Biden spoke to Pope Francis on Saturday and informed him ...

U.S. Army veterans Kenneth David and Fred McGee received the Medal of Honor last week. The medal is awarded to military service members who show profound heroism during combat with enemy forces.

The U.S. Naval Academy and West Point rejected an advertisement intended for the Army-Navy game last month that featured a Marine whom supporters believe should receive the Medal of Honor ...

President Herzog awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor to a group of Jewish and non-Jewish Diaspora leaders in recognition of their long-term defense of Israel, battle against antisemitism ...

President Joe Biden on Friday posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor to five minority soldiers from the Korean War who may have been denied the nation's highest decoration for valor by a 1950s ...

WASHINGTON — Following a ceremony Friday at the White House where seven soldiers received the Medal of Honor, today those same soldiers were inducted into the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes during an ...

On July 12, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed into law the authorization of the Medal of Honor. At the time, it was the only U.S. military decoration. As a result, a total of 1,527 medals ...

A Medal of Honor was awarded posthumously to Hawai’i native Private Bruno Raymond Abing Orig, US Army during a ceremony at the White House on Friday. Private Orig was born in Hawai’i in 1930 ...

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the United States’ highest civilian honor, awarded to individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the nation. From influential leaders to ...

Private Bruno Orig, a soldier of the US Army who is of Filipino-descent, was one of seven veterans honored by US President Joe Biden with the Medal of Honor for their bravery beyond the “call of duty” ...