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17 Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom at White House Ceremony

By Stacy Brown

Olympiad Simone Biles

A reported bout with Covid kept actor Denzel Washington from attending the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony at the White House on Thursday, but 16 others, including Olympic Champion Simone Biles, U.S. soccer player Megan Rapinoe, and Khazir Khan, joined President Joe Biden to accept their respective honors.

Washington, Khan, Rapinoe, and Sandra Lindsay each received the medals – the country’s highest civilian honor.

“The Fourth of July week reminds us of what brought us together long ago and still binds us – binds us at our best, what we strive for,” Biden remarked during the ceremony.

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