Hillary Clinton, Denzel Washington, Michael J. Fox, & More Presented with Presidential Medal of Freedom!
Hillary Clinton, Denzel Washington, and Michael J. Fox are being honored!
The former Secretary of State, Oscar-winning actor, and Emmy-winning actor and Parkinson’s disease advocate were honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden on Saturday (January 4) at the White House in Washington, DC.
Other recipients at the white House included Magic Johnson, Bono, Bill Nye, designer Ralph Lauren, Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour, renowned Spanish-American culinary innovator José Andrés, director and author George Stevens, philanthropist George Soros, The Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein, conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall, and entrepreneur Tim Gill.
Hillary‘s husband former President Bill Clinton and Biden‘s son Hunter Biden were also in attendance at the ceremony.
President Biden also posthumously honored the 25th Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, founder of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Fannie Lou Hammer, Attorney General Robert Francis Kennedy, and American Motors Corporation president George Romney.
Soccer legend Lionel Messi was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, but was unable to attend the ceremony due to a scheduling conflict, according to USA Today.
The medal is the nation’s highest civilian honor, presented to people who have made “exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values or security of the United States, world peace or other significant societal, public or private endeavors,” according to the White House.
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