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Congress has approved the use of Emancipation Hall for the June 26 awarding of a congressional gold medal approved in 2022 ...
Robert Haver didn’t just fight near the front lines of the Korean War. Haver’s service to the country started long before ...
For the cover of the June 2, 2025, issue, the artist Kadir Nelson features Marshall W. (Major) Taylor leading a parade of ...
This Memorial Day, we’re remembering the legacy of the WWII era unit, the 6888 Central Postal Directory Battalion. It was the ...
A Monroe County man is recognized for his service to our country. He became a helicopter pilot, and from 1967 to 1968, he was assigned to the 45th Medical Company known as "Dust Off," stationed in ...
Shortly after the Tyler Perry movie “The Six Triple Eight” debuted last December, Harry and Lorine Hill were watching the film at home in Independence, as his mother had served in the Women’s Army ...
Maryland Rep. Kweisi Mfume and Sen. Chris Van Hollen introduced the Henrietta Lacks Congressional Gold Medal Act, in the U.S.
Maryland lawmakers introduced a bill Monday to posthumously award Henrietta Lacks a Congressional Gold Medal for her ...
Falb is now looking to achieve the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest honor in the program, and attend the national award ceremony in Washington, D.C. in June of 2026.
One of the last surviving members of the historic 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion — 101-year-old Anna Mae Robertson ...