On July 7th, President Joe Biden will award 17 people with the Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian honor. The recipients include gymnast Simone Biles, Senator John McCain, actor Denzel Washington, and nurse Sandra Lindsay.
According to the White House, these 17 recipients “have overcome significant obstacles to achieve impressive accomplishments in the arts and sciences, and acted with bravery to drive change in their communities, and across the world, while blazing trails for generations to come.”
Simone Biles is one of the best gymnasts the world has ever seen. She has won 32 Olympic and World Championships medals, with 4 of them being Olympic gold. She is an advocate for mental health, children in foster care, and victims of sexual assault.
John McCain spent 5 years in captivity in Vietnam while serving in the US Navy. Afterward, he was a senator for Arizona and the Republican nominee for president in 2008. He will be receiving the Medal of Freedom posthumously, as he died of brain cancer in 2018.
Denzel Washington is an actor, director, and producer. He has won two Oscars, a Tony, two Golden Globes, and the Cecil B DeMille Lifetime Achievement award. He is also a spokesperson for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
Sandra Lindsay is a New York City nurse. She rolled up her sleeve on live television to receive the first COVID-19 vaccine pumped in the US in December of 2020.
The other recipients will be:
● Sister Simone Campbell
● Former president of the University of Texas at Brownsville Julieta Garcia
● Former representative for Arizona in the House Gabrielle Giffords
● Prominent civil rights attorney Fred Gray
● CEO of Apple Steve Jobs
● Father Alexander Karloutsos
● 2016 Democratic National Convention speaker Khizr Khan
● Founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Diane Nash
● Two-time Women’s World Cup champion Megan Rapinoe
● US Senator from Wyoming Alan Simpson
● Former president of AFL-CIO Richard Trumka
● Brigadier general Wilma Vaught
● Former US Ambassador to the Dominican Republic Raul Yzaguirre.
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Supporting Articles:
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/campaign/medal-of-freedom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom_recipients#Awarded_by_Joe_Biden
According to the White House, these 17 recipients “have overcome significant obstacles to achieve impressive accomplishments in the arts and sciences, and acted with bravery to drive change in their communities, and across the world, while blazing trails for generations to come.”
Simone Biles is one of the best gymnasts the world has ever seen. She has won 32 Olympic and World Championships medals, with 4 of them being Olympic gold. She is an advocate for mental health, children in foster care, and victims of sexual assault.
John McCain spent 5 years in captivity in Vietnam while serving in the US Navy. Afterward, he was a senator for Arizona and the Republican nominee for president in 2008. He will be receiving the Medal of Freedom posthumously, as he died of brain cancer in 2018.
Denzel Washington is an actor, director, and producer. He has won two Oscars, a Tony, two Golden Globes, and the Cecil B DeMille Lifetime Achievement award. He is also a spokesperson for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
Sandra Lindsay is a New York City nurse. She rolled up her sleeve on live television to receive the first COVID-19 vaccine pumped in the US in December of 2020.
The other recipients will be:
● Sister Simone Campbell
● Former president of the University of Texas at Brownsville Julieta Garcia
● Former representative for Arizona in the House Gabrielle Giffords
● Prominent civil rights attorney Fred Gray
● CEO of Apple Steve Jobs
● Father Alexander Karloutsos
● 2016 Democratic National Convention speaker Khizr Khan
● Founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Diane Nash
● Two-time Women’s World Cup champion Megan Rapinoe
● US Senator from Wyoming Alan Simpson
● Former president of AFL-CIO Richard Trumka
● Brigadier general Wilma Vaught
● Former US Ambassador to the Dominican Republic Raul Yzaguirre.
Original Article: https://s3.amazonaws.com/appforest_uf/f1656880259211x494198309205519740/Biden%20to%20award%20Medal%20of%20Freedom%20to%20Biles%2C%20McCain%2C%20Giffords%20-%20ABC%20News.pdf
Supporting Articles:
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/campaign/medal-of-freedom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom_recipients#Awarded_by_Joe_Biden
