Presidential Medal of Freedom
Coverage of Presidential Medal of Freedom in the Nexus archive.
- Psychiatrist Robert Coles, Pulitzer Prize-winning author who championed needs of children, dies
Robert Coles, a Harvard psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who documented the challenges of children in poverty and segregation, died at 97. He authored the 'Children of Crisis' series and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and a MacArthur Foundation grant for his work.
- Trump announces highest civilian honor for 9/11 hero Welles Crowther remembered as the ‘Man in the Red Bandana’
President Trump announced the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor, for 9/11 hero Welles Crowther during a stop in Rockland County. Crowther, remembered as the 'Man in the Red Bandana' for saving lives during the 9/11 attacks, was posthumously recognized.
- Trump announces highest civilian honor for 9/11 hero remembered as the 'Man in the Red Bandana'
President Donald Trump announced the posthumous awarding of the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Welles Remy Crowther, the 9/11 hero known as the 'Man in the Red Bandana' for saving multiple lives during the attacks. The honor was revealed ahead of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, with Crowther’s mother, Alison Crowther, expressing gratitude at the recognition.
- Trump announces highest civilian honor for 9/11 hero remembered as the 'Man in the Red Bandana'
President Donald Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Welles Remy Crowther, the 9/11 hero known as the 'Man in the Red Bandana' for saving victims in the South Tower before his death. The honor was announced at a rally in Rockland County, New York, ahead of the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, with Crowther's mother, Alison Crowther, expressing gratitude.