(the) Congressional Gold Medal
- (the) Congressional Gold Medal
the Congressional Gold Medal [the Congressional Gold Medal]
the highest award given by ↑
Congress to US ↑civilians. It is presented to men and women who have done something special for the nation. The first was given to George ↑
Washington in 1776, and the singer Frank
Sinatra received the 258th award in 1998. Others who have received it include John
Wayne, Bob
Hope, Walt ↑
Disney, George and Ira
Gershwin, Irving
Berlin, Marian
Anderson and Aaron
Copland.
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