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US President George W. Bush with several of the 2005 National Medal of Arts awardees. The National Medal of Arts is an award and title created by the United States Congress in 1984, for the purpose of honoring artists and patrons of the arts. A prestigious American honor, it is the highest honor given to artists and arts patrons by the United ...
The USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), the tenth and last Nimitz-class supercarrier of the United States Navy, was named for Bush. [49] [50] In 2004, the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation presented the Profile in Courage Award to Bush and Mount Vernon awarded him its first Cyrus A. Ansary Prize. [51]
After initially saying McCartney's award would be postponed until the following year, the Kennedy Center did not award McCartney in 2003. [50] However, McCartney became a 2010 Honoree. [51] Mel Brooks said he refused the Honor when George W. Bush was in office, due to his distaste for Bush's Iraq
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Pages in category "United States National Medal of Arts recipients" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 298 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The White House said Clinton, Soros and the 17 other recipients of the prestigious award are “individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the ...
Wyeth (right) receiving the National Medal of Arts from George W. Bush in 2007. Wyeth was the recipient of numerous honors and awards: 1947, the gold medal for painting from the American Academy of Arts and Letters [52] 1960, elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences [53]
— statement by President George W. Bush when presenting the award on July 26, 2001, at the Capitol Rotunda to four of the five living original 29 American Navajo code talkers, and relatives of the 24 others. [20] A gold medal was authorized for each of the original 29 Navajo code talkers or a surviving family member.