How a Filipina spy and Medal of Freedom winner’s heroic story was nearly lost Exclusive essay: Erin Entrada Kelly, two-time Newbery Medalist and National Book Award finalist, shares the real ...

Long after Walker’s death, her act of resistance was rewarded: President Jimmy Carter formally reinstated her Medal of Honor in 1977. That restoration took place because of a petition championed ...

Fort A.P. Hill was redesignated in 2023 as Fort Walker, in honor of the Civil War-era Medal of Honor recipient Dr. Mary E. Walker. The base will once again be Fort A.P. Hill following an order by ...

Fort A.P. Hill was redesignated in 2023 as Fort Walker, in honor of the Civil War-era Medal of Honor recipient Dr. Mary E. Walker. The base will once again be Fort A.P. Hill following an order by ...

President Joe Biden noted at a Dec. 16, 2021, White House ceremony that Cashe’s family had been waiting 16 years for the moment when he would finally be awarded the Medal of Honor, and Biden ...

Fort Gregg-Adams has been redesignated as Fort Lee, honoring Private Fitz Lee, a Buffalo Soldier and Medal of Honor recipient. Private Fitz Lee, born in Dinwiddie County, served in the Spanish ...

As the U.S. mobilized for war with Spain in 1898, Lee was among 50 Buffalo soldiers chosen to go behind enemy lines in Cuba and reinforce freedom fighters supporting Cuban independence from Spain.

Thanks to a new bill, the Medal of Honor may be awarded to service members for acts of valor that occurred decades ago. “Valor never expires,” Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who introduced the ...

FULTON, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — June 6 has a new meaning to community members in the City of Fulton. The city has recognized a Medal of Honor recipient for acts of heroism on D-Day. Fulton said as p… ...