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First Special Service Force Receives Congressional Gold Medal

February 3, 2015 - WASHINGTON — Members of the First Special Service Force (the Force), an elite American–Canadian joint combat group, were collectively awarded the Congressional Gold Medal today during a ceremony in Emancipation Hall in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. Designed and struck...

Congressional Gold Medal Awarded Posthumously to Raoul Wallenberg

July 9, 2014 - WASHINGTON — Swedish–born businessman and diplomat Raoul Wallenberg was posthumously awarded a Congressional Gold Medal today during a ceremony in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. The medal was designed and prepared by the United States Mint in accordance with Public Law...