Today, President Barack Obama named thirteen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.  The Medal of Freedom is the Nation’s highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.  The awards will be presented at the White House in late spring.

• Madeline Albright
• John Doar
•  Bob Dylan
•  William Foege 
• John Glenn 
• Gordon Hirabayashi 
• Dolores Huerta 
• Jan Karski 
• Juliette Gordon Low
•  Toni Morrison 
• Shimon Peres 
• John Paul Stevens
• Pat Summit