- Source: Presidential Citizens Medal
The Presidential Citizens Medal is an award bestowed by the president of the United States. It is the second-highest civilian award in the United States and is second only to the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Established by executive order on November 13, 1969, by President Richard Nixon, it recognizes an individual "who has performed exemplary deeds or services for his or her country or fellow citizens." Only United States citizens are eligible for the medal, which may be awarded posthumously.
The medal is a disc of gilt and enamel, based on the seal of the president of the United States, with the eagle surrounded by a wreath of leaves. The medal is suspended on a ribbon, dark blue with a light blue central stripe and white edge stripes. Despite being a civilian award, it may be worn on some military uniforms.
Recipients
Hubert Dickey Ballantine and Martin Mathews were jointly awarded the 1981 Citizens Medal as founders of the Mathews-Dickey Boy's Club.
The teachers Rachel D'Avino, Anne Marie Murphy, Lauren Rousseau, and Victoria Soto and school administrators Mary Sherlach and Dawn Hochsprung, who perished in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting defending their students, were jointly awarded the 2012 Citizens Medal posthumously.
Most of the recipients of the 2023 Citizens Medal were awarded for their respective roles in the 2020 United States presidential election or their response to the subsequent January 6 United States Capitol attack in 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, their awards were delayed in 2021 and 2022.
See also
Awards and decorations of the United States government
List of awards for volunteerism and community service
References
External links
Nixon, Richard (November 13, 1969). Executive Order 11494 – via Wikisource.
The White House - Presidential Citizens Medal Criteria
The White House - "President Clinton Awards the Presidential Citizens Medals"
Library Thing - Presidential Citizens Medal; Archived 2009-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Wendy Kopp
- Elizabeth Taylor
- James H. Billington
- Armando Valladares
- Colin Powell
- Robert Rubin
- Gary Sinise
- Vladimir Putin
- Antonin Scalia
- Nathan Rich
- Presidential Citizens Medal
- Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Victoria Leigh Soto
- Jeana Yeager
- List of Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
- Harry Dunn (police officer)
- Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor
- Daniel Hodges (police officer)
- List of Puerto Rican Presidential Citizens Medal recipients
- Larry Speakes
