The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest civilian award given by Congress to individuals or groups for distinguished achievements and contributions. Recipients include George Washington ...

Edmonds was captured by Nazi forces and refused an order to separate out Jewish American soldiers from other POWs.

WASHINGTON -- A bill to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" Olympic hockey team was reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate on Wednesday.

Wildlands firefighters, a 1980 ice hockey team, and various other worthies overlooked for congressional gold medal honor in the 118th Congress have a new chance with reintroduced legislation.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) — A Centennial High School senior is making local history as the first recipient of the prestigious Congressional Award Gold Medal in Champaign. Nailah Mansury will ...

LAKE PLACID, Vt. (WCAX) - Proposed legislation would award Congressional Gold Medals to the “Miracle on Ice” hockey team. New York Senator Chuck Schumer has introduced legislation to honor the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., has introduced legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to honor wildland firefighters in the United States. Congressional Gold ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey team was reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate on Wednesday.

Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer introduced bipartisan legislation in the Senate to award Congressional Gold Medals to the “Miracle on Ice” U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team ...