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The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest honor awarded to American citizens. She was awarded it for her achievements in art.
Georgia O'Keefe was awarded the Gold Medal of Painting by the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1970. President Gerald Ford gave her the Medal of Freedom in 1977. President Ronald Reagan awarded O'Keefe the National Medal of Arts in 1985.
She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously
President Lyndon B. Johnson awarded John Steinbeck the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964.
He became chairman, and later chairman emeritus, of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America. For his work with the organization Burke was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom,
The Presidential Medal of Freedom was awarded by President Reagan to Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant in February of 1983 (Posthumously). The Presidential Medal of Freedom is awarded by the President of the United States, who is the sole authority in making the award.
To date. only one person has been awarded BOTH the Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. General James H. Doolittle
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He was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Reagan posthumously in 1983
Bob Dylan won a 2011 Presidential Medal of Freedom award.
She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for 2010 (the awards ceremony took place in early 2011). The Medal of Freedom is America's highest civilian honor, and it is awarded to individuals who have made significant contributions to world peace, to culture (music, literature, etc), or to some other endeavor that improved the society in some way.