Dorothy Height received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal for her work for racial and gender equality.

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Medal winner Esther Conwell is a chemistry and atomic physics expert at the University of Rochester in New York.

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One year after the bombs were dropped on Japan, he received the Presidential Medal of Merit for his work.

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Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn also experienced a sweet victory when she won the gold medal in the womens downhill ski race.

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Four years later, as head coach of the women's Olympic team, she led the players to a gold medal win.

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Former President George W.Bush presented Benjamin Carson with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a ceremony at the White House.

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He won the Nobel Peace Prize in nineteen seventy and the Presidential Medal of Freedom seven years later.

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On the twelfth day of the Olympics the United States broke its medal record for competition outside America.

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They won the gold medal. Benjamin Spock worked at a camp for disabled children for three summers during his years at Yale.

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These include the French Legion of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor.

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The three athletes won the Gold Medal at the two thousand eight Olympics and are good friends.

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Public opinion changed,though. In nineteen sixty-four, President Lyndon Johnson presented him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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published in nineteen ninety-three. He received the National Medal of Arts from President Ronald Reagan and a Library of Congress Living Legend Award.

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She received the National Medal of the Arts and a Kennedy Center Honor for lifetime work.

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He received a gold medal from the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences in nineteen ninety-five.

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They include the National Medal of Arts, the highest honor the American government gives to artists.

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She also received the William Dean Howells Medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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Vonns teammate,Julia Mancuso, crossed the finish line less than a second later for the silver medal.

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The mens four-member Nordic team finished second in the Nordic combined race for a silver medal.

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In nineteen thirty, the American National Institute of Arts and Letters gave Wharton a gold medal.

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In two thousand,President Bill Clinton recognized Mister Galbraith's service by awarding him the Medal of Freedom.

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He lets us wear his Olympic medal if our class does good on the tests."

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In March,surviving members of the group received Congress' highest civilian honor, the Congressional Gold Medal.

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The athletes share a common goal to do their best and win a gold medal.

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Former President Bill Clinton awarded Wilma Mankiller the Presidential Medal of Freedom in nineteen ninety-eight.

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