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This day in baseball: Robinson awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

Posted: March 26, 2020 | Author: | Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |2 Comments

On March 26, 1984, President Ronald Reagan awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Jackie Robinson. Rachel Robinson accepted the award on behalf of her husband.   The Presidential Medal of Freedom is considered the highest civilian honor given in the United States.

You can watch President Reagan’s remarks from that Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony in the video below.  If you’d like to go straight to his remarks about Robinson, you can find them at the 16:03 timestamp.

2 Comments on “This day in baseball: Robinson awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom”

  1. Thom Hickey says:
    March 26, 2020 at 10:38 am

    He was a genuine hero.

    Regards Thom

    Reply

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