The founder of the Conway Scenic Railroad, Dwight Smith Jr., recently turned 100 years old. Smith, now a resident of the New ...

A bill to award the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" Olympic hockey team with Congressional Gold Medals was reintroduced in the U.S.

The following column describes six Army heroes, whose names may be less familiar than Sheridan and Pershing, who were honored ...

President-elect Donald Trump promised on the campaign trail to restore the names of Confederate generals on nine southern ...

I found myself this month having the humbling, surreal experience of receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom. This is not the kind of honor I ever ... Last year, Congress took the first ...

While it is rare, there have been instances where a president has revoked this honor ... Medal of Freedom. His name is not on a list of recipients compiled by the Congressional Research ...

The ceremony Sunday, Jan. 26, is organized by the Naval Helicopter Association Historical Society and will feature comments ...

Col. Keith Beebe, USA (Ret), backed a law designating U.S. Route 20 to honor those who've earned this rare recognition.

Donald Trump 's nominee for treasury secretary Scott Bessent turned the tables on Senator Bernie Sanders when pressed over ...

President Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction to Pope Francis days before leaving the White ...

became the third pope to be given the highest civilian honor in the U.S. U.S. President George W. Bush (l) presents Pope John Paul II with the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom in the Sala ...