An individual can receive more than one Medal of Freedom — Ells­worth Bunker and Colin Powell have received two. Theoretically, the president can give it to his pet teacher, or his pet beagle.

Colin Powell, Thurgood Marshall, B.B. King, and Hank Aaron. News of Washington receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom first surfaced in 2022, with Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles also ...

The decision by Biden to recognize certain heroes in his final weeks as president sends a message of hope during an upcoming ...