Joseph Drake, 100, of Hawley, is one of five surviving U.S. Army Rangers who served in World War II. He received a ...

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We have received text from H.R. 269: Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg Congressional Gold Medal Act. This bill was received on 2025-01-09, and currently has 12 cosponsors.

The event at Milwaukee Area Technical College featured Harry Dunn, who earned both the Congressional Gold Medal and Presidential Citizens Medal for his work as an officer that day.

The image people have seared into their minds of Dunn is him in a crisp, dark Capitol Police uniform, gold badge over his heart, giving an emotional testimony in front of the Jan. 6 congressional ...

A secret American military unit known for its deception and trickery during World War II was awarded the highest honor, a Congressional Gold Medal, on Thursday in Washington, D.C. The 23rd ...

The Medal is the nation’s highest civilian award a unit can receive and is custom-designed, 3-inches in diameter, and made of gold worth approximately $30,000.

If Dunn’s campaign is successful, he would be the second Capitol Hill Police officer to serve as a member of Congress. The late Harry Reid, Democratic Senate leader, is the first.

Harry Dunn, one of the Black police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol from rioters during the Jan. 6 insurrection, is running for Congress.

Top House and Senate leaders will present law enforcement officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with Congressional Gold Medals on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, awarding them Congress ...