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PRESIDENTIAL CITIZENS MEDAL


The 'Presidential Citizens Medal' is the second highest civilian award in the United States awarded by the President of the United States, second only to the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Established on November 13, 1969, The Presidential Citizens Medal may be granted to any United States citizen "who [has] performed exemplary deeds or services for his or her country or fellow citizens". The medal 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.

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Henry "Hank" Aaron

Albert Abramson

David M. Abshire

Muhammad Ali

Juan Andrade

Richard Lee Armitage

Arnold O. Beckman

Ezra Taft Benson

Ruby Bridges

Ronald H. Brown

Don Cameron

Roberto Clemente

Carol Coston, O.P.

Archibald Cox

Arthur Culvahouse Jr.

Joe Delaney

★ Dr. Charles DeLisi

Bob Dole

Samuel Nelson Drew

Kenneth M. Duberstein

Lawrence Eagleburger

Edwin J. Feulner

Zachary Fisher

Robert C. Frasure

Robert M. Gates

C. Boyden Gray

Jack Greenberg

Elinor C. Guggenheimer

Richard N. Haass

Dorothy Height

David Hermelin

Colonel William R. (Rich) Higgins

★ Dr. David D. Ho

Bernice Young Jones

★ Dr. I. King Jordan

Max Kappelman

Richard J. Kerr

Robert M. Kimmitt

Russell Kirk

Lane Kirkland

Anthony Lewis

★ Dr. Alan Lovelace

Matthews-Dickey Boy's Club Founders

Oseola McCarty

Richard Meadows

Bob Michel

Irene Morgan

Constance Baker Motley

William H. Natcher

Claiborne Pell

Pete Peterson

Colin Powell -- General, US Army (ret)

Helen Rodriguez-Trias

Adele Rogers

Edward L. Rowney

Edward Roybal

Robert Rubin

Senator Warren B. Rudman

Charles Ruff

Elbert Rutan

Richard Rutan

Rabbi Arthur Schneier

Eli J. Segal

John F. Seiberling

John Sengstacke

★ Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth

Larry Speakes

Adrian St. John

Elizabeth Taylor

Strom Thurmond

Voyager Designer and Crew

Raymond Weeks

John C. Whitehead

Marion Wiesel

Patrisha Wright

Sydney Yates

Jeana Yeager

Baron Donald George von Vister

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Presidential Citizens Medal

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