President Obama Awards the 2013 Presidential Medal of Freedom

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US broadcast journalist and actress Oprah Winfrey(R), appellate Judge Patricia Wald(L) and activist Gloria Steinem(Rear) look on as US President Barack Obama makes opening remarks before presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on November 20, 2013 in Washington, DC. The Medal of Freedom is the country’s highest civilian honor that can be bestowed. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty



Former US President William Jefferson Clinton



President Barack Obama, right, awards a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom for Sally Ride to Tam O’Shaughnessy, Ride’s partner of 27 years, as she bows her head and covers her heart, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Bottom, from left are, Ben Bradlee, former executive editor of The Washington Post, and former President Bill Clinton, Back row, from left are, Irene Hirano, accepting a posthumous award for her husband, the late Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye, psychologist Daniel Kahneman, former Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar and country music legend Loretta Lynn. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)



Former Baseball great Ernie Banks



Civil Rights Activist Cordy Tindell “C.T.” Vivian

More~
http://3chicspolitico.com/2013/11/20/video-photos-president-obama-awards-the-2013-presidential-medal-of-freedom/

and Sally Ride

[Tx4obama]

1. And VIDEO of the whole ceremony on the link below

Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017159813

[Cha]

2. Thank you for this wonderful thread, sheshe~

Here's a Vid of the Ceremony..

And, a Smooch from the President on Oprah~



Awesome TOD~ http://theobamadiary.com/2013/11/20/medal-of-freedom-and-arlington/

Mahalo and..

, sheshe

[sheshe2]

3. I finished watching the vid a short time ago, it was wonderful!

I like this too~



http://3chicspolitico.com/2013/11/20/video-photos-president-obama-awards-the-2013-presidential-medal-of-freedom/

Amazing Medal of Honor recipients.

Cha

[Cha]

6. Good on you, sheshe.. I've yet to watch it but

I know right where to come when I get the time.

I love that pic too of Oprah, Gloria, and Judge Patricia Wald..

Like your big ol heartfeltness, too, she!

[sheshe2]

8. The President,

Such solemn dignity as he awarded the medals. You will love to watch!

I found that I could just copy those smilies off the web any old time~

This is a GIF box for you, Cha...

[Cha]

9. "A Gif Box"..

~ Mahalo, sheshe~

[IrishAyes]

4. I named one of my foals after Sally Ride.

Pet name, of course, not formal registered name.

[sheshe2]

5. That is so sweet, Irish~

An amazing woman, Irish.

Later Years

After NASA, Ride became the director of the California Space Institute at the University of California, San Diego, as well as a professor of physics at the school in 1989. In 2001, she started her own company to create educational programs and products known as Sally Ride Science to help inspire girls and young women to pursue their interests in science and math. Ride served as president and CEO.

Death and Legacy

For her contributions to the field of science and space exploration, Ride received many honors, including the NASA Space Flight Medal and the NCAA's Theodore Roosevelt Award. She was also inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame and the Astronaut Hall of Fame.

On July 23, 2012, Sally Ride died at the age of 61, following a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer. She will always be remembered as a pioneering astronaut who went where no other woman had gone before.

http://www.biography.com/people/sally-ride-9458284

[IrishAyes]

7. She was my hero.

[treestar]

10. Oh that corporatist!

Giving a medal to Bill Clinton!

[sheshe2]

11. Ah, treestar~

[freshwest]

12. So much heart and a sense of duty there, sheshe.. thanks!

[sheshe2]

13. There is good in so many people, freshwest.

Perfection? No, yet as you said a sense of duty with a lot of heart.

Thanks freshwest, there is a lot of heart here at DU also.