WASHINGTON — In recognition of their accomplishments in the immigration policymaking field and their exemplary service to society, Migration Policy Institute (MPI) Directors Doris Meissner and Margie McHugh will receive the 2022 Ellis Island Medal of Honor during a ceremony hosted Saturday by the Ellis Island Honors Society. During the ceremony, McHugh also will accept the Medal of Honor The medal is the nation's highest civilian honor. By Alexandra Hutzler. July 7, 2022, 5:02 PM 2022, in Washington, D.C. Other medal recipients are Wilma Vaught, one of the most decorated On a hot day in July 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the National Medal of Honor Monument Act by a unanimous vote of 416-0. The Senate also passed the bill unanimously, and it was signed into law by President Joe Biden on December 27, 2021. A key part of the Washington, D.C. landscape, the National Medal of Honor Monument will In May 1958, he joined dozens of other Medal of Honor recipients at a Memorial Day ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, where he met President Dwight D. Eisenhower. CNN Anchor Jake Tapper speaks to a crowd of local, state and national officials, as well as National Medal of Honor recipients, at the groundbreaking for the National Medal of Honor Museum March CWO4 Hershel Woodrow “Woody” Williams, the last living World War II Medal of Honor recipient, passed away early this morning, June 29, 2022. Woody received the Medal of Honor for his heroic CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Hershel W. “Woody” Williams, the last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, died Wednesday. He was 98. Williams’ foundation announced on Twitter and Biden recounts 'amazing' heroics of Oklahoma Medal of Honor recipient. Recounting Dwight W. Birdwell’s heroism during a fierce battle in Vietnam in 1968, President Joe Biden paused for a moment on Tuesday from his script at the Medal of Honor ceremony to register his own amazement. The president had just described how Birdwell’s machine gun 2022 Medal of Honor Recipient – Microsensor and Systems Pioneer. IEEE Life Fellow Asad M. Madni is the recipient of this year’s IEEE Medal of Honor. He is being recognized “for pioneering contributions to the development and commercialization of innovative sensing and systems technologies, and for distinguished research leadership.”. 3aHp.

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