Yesterday (January 4), President Joe Biden awarded 19 new recipients the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. U2 singer Bono was an honoree, as had been Invoice Nye, Denzel Washington, Jane Goodall, Michael J. Fox, Hillary Clinton, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, and Lionel Messi, amongst others. Watch the ceremony under.
“Thanks for all you’ve accomplished to assist this nation. You all actually embody the nation’s creed,” Biden stated. “Your innovation, you encourage, you convey on therapeutic and pleasure to so many lives that in any other case wouldn’t be touched. You answered the decision to serve and led others to do the identical factor.”
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is “offered to people who’ve made particularly meritorious contributions to the safety or nationwide pursuits of america, to world peace, or to cultural or different vital public or non-public endeavors.” Earlier recipients embrace Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, Bob Dylan, Stevie Surprise, Frank Sinatra, and extra.
Revisit Marc Hogan’s essay “What We Can Learn from the Political Music of Other Depressing Elections” on the Pitch.
