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Liberty Medal

Liberty Medal
FieldValue
nameLiberty Medal
imagePhiladelphia Liberty Medal.png
captionPhiladelphia Liberty Medal
presenterNational Constitution Center (NCC)
countryUnited States
locationPhiladelphia
year1989
image2[[File:USA Philadelphia Liberty Medal ribbon.svg100px]]
caption2Ribbon of the medal
[[Bill Clinton]] and [[Steven Spielberg]] at the 2009 ceremony

The Liberty Medal is an annual award administered by the National Constitution Center (NCC) of the United States to recognize leadership in the pursuit of freedom. It was founded by the Philadelphia Foundation. In 2006 an agreement was made with the National Constitution Center (NCC) that the NCC would take over the organizing, selecting and presenting of the award to recipients. Recipients are now chosen by the NCC and its board of trustees.

List of recipients

YearCountryName
2025United StatesHamilton and Ron Chernow
2024United StatesKen Burns
2023United StatesJudy Woodruff and David Rubenstein
2022UkraineVolodymyr Zelenskyy
2021Hong KongJimmy Lai
Saudi ArabiaLoujain al-Hathloul
2020United StatesRuth Bader Ginsburg
2019United StatesAnthony Kennedy
2018United StatesGeorge W. Bush and Laura Bush
2017United StatesJohn McCain
2016United StatesJohn Lewis
2015Tibet14th Dalai Lama
2014PakistanMalala Yousafzai
2013United StatesHillary Clinton
2012United StatesMuhammad Ali{{cite web
2011United StatesRobert Gates
2010United KingdomTony Blair
2009United StatesSteven Spielberg
2008RussiaMikhail Gorbachev
2007IrelandBono
United KingdomDATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa)
2006United StatesGeorge H. W. Bush
United StatesBill Clinton
2005UkraineViktor Yushchenko
2004AfghanistanHamid Karzai
2003United StatesSandra Day O'Connor
2002United StatesColin Powell
2001GhanaKofi Annan
2000United StatesDr. James D. Watson
United KingdomDr. Francis Crick
1999South KoreaKim Dae-jung
1998United StatesGeorge J. Mitchell
1997United StatesCNN International
1996JordanKing Hussein
IsraelShimon Peres
1995JapanSadako Ogata
1994Czech RepublicVáclav Havel
1993South AfricaNelson Mandela
Frederik Willem de Klerk
1992United StatesThurgood Marshall
1991Costa RicaÓscar Arias Sánchez
SwitzerlandMédecins Sans Frontières
1990United StatesJimmy Carter
1989PolandLech Wałęsa

References

References

  1. "Archived copy".
  2. "Hamilton and Ron Chernow Receive National Constitution Center’s 37th Annual Liberty Medal {{!}} Constitution Center".
  3. "Past Recipients of the Liberty Medal {{!}} Constitution Center".
  4. (2022-08-22). "Liberty Medal to be awarded to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy".
  5. "2021 Recipients - National Constitution Center".
  6. "Ruth Bader Ginsburg to be awarded this year's Liberty Medal".
  7. "Ceremony - National Constitution Center".
  8. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQO5-5Lspjw ''The 2018 Liberty Medal Ceremony'']
  9. [https://medium.com/@SenatorJohnMcCain/remarks-at-the-2017-liberty-medal-ceremony-8d69751a5ac1 ''Remarks At The 2017 Liberty Medal Ceremony'']
  10. (June 29, 2014). "Liberty Medal for Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai". [[Philly.com]].
  11. [http://www.constitutioncenter.org/libertymedal/recipient_2004.html "HAMID KARZAI 2004 Liberty Medal Recipient"]
  12. [https://2009-2017.state.gov/m/ds/rls/44651.htm "Afghan President Hamid Karzai receives Philadelphia Liberty Medal"]
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