Word: medals
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Acclaimed a House bill conferring the Congressional medal on Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh; sent it to the President...
Said Chief Justice Taft, descriptive: "The Langley Medal was established in memory of the third secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Samuel Pierpont Langley. During the last 15 years of his life Dr. Langley's primary interest was in making possible man's flight...
...Washington, William Howard Taft bestowed a medal. Earnestly he spoke praises of the recipient: "May your future work go far to establish the dream nearest your heart, the wide and useful promotion of the subject of commercial aviation." Thus was the Langley Medal, aviation decoration of the Smithsonian Institution, presented to Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh...
...Sproul presented President Coolidge with the Union League Club's medal for distinguished public service. Only three other presidents (Lincoln, Johnson, Taft) had been thus honored before...
...their membership contains men & women who have made positive contributions to current letters & fine a ts. Last week the American Academy of Arts & Letters met in Manhattan and again chose Professor William Milligan Sloane of Columbia president. Also, the National Institute of Arts & Letters gave him a gold medal for his work in history...