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The medal produced from Saint-Gaudens certainly held a superior art aesthetic in comparison to the original medal produced by the Inaugural Committee. One side of the medal displays a distinguished portrait of Roosevelt and the other side holds a high-relief eagle. This is the same eagle that is later used for the $10 coins produced by the U.S ...
Ralph J. Menconi (June 17, 1915 – November 18, 1972) was a prominent sculptor and medallist, who received many accolades during his lifetime. Among them were the Ellen P. Speyer award for original sculpture in 1941, the Freedom Foundation Award, the Michelangelo Award, the American Numismatic Association's Sculptor of the Year award in 1970, and the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy ...
American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (1966–73) American Revolution Bicentennial Administration (1973–76) The United States Bicentennial was a series of celebrations and observances during the mid-1970s that paid tribute to historical events leading up to the creation of the United States as an independent republic.
Medal Obverse design Reverse design Mintage Available Obverse Reverse Robert Frost American Arts medal Robert Frost: Three lines from Frost's poem, The Road Not Taken: Uncirculated: 500,000 (W) 1983 Alexander Calder American Arts medal Alexander Calder: Kinetic sculpture: Uncirculated: 410,000 (W) 1983
In 2000, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Bill Clinton. In 2010, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the U.S., by President Barack Obama. More than thirty health care and medical facilities have been named after Angelou. [2] She was awarded more than 50 honorary degrees. [3]
Medal Obverse design Reverse design Mintage Available Obverse Reverse "George Washington" Sons of Liberty bronze medal [1] George Washington: Liberty Tree, Join, or Die cartoon, and symbol of a two shilling six pence stamp: Proof:---- P 1972
After being awarded the medal, Cosby was convicted of multiple counts of sexual assault, though the convictions were later overturned. [7] The Presidential Medal of Freedom is related to, but distinct from, the Medal of Freedom, an earlier award issued between 1945 and 1963 to honor US civilian contributions to World War II.
Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President George H. W. Bush (January 18, 1993) [9] Republican Senatorial Medal of Freedom by Republican U.S. senators [10] Grand Cross of the Order of the White Lion by the Czech Republic (1999) [11] Order of the White Eagle by Polish President Lech Kaczyński (July 10, 2007) (in-memoriam) [12]