A Prank Led to America’s First Nominated Female to Office, and Other Lesser Known American History Facts

A Prank Led to America’s First Nominated Female to Office, and Other Lesser Known American History Facts

Khalid Elhassan - December 13, 2019

A Prank Led to America’s First Nominated Female to Office, and Other Lesser Known American History Facts
Honor guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. NPR

29. The Military Honors and Awards of WWI’s Unknown Soldier

Not only is America’s World War I Unknown Soldier a posthumous recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, he has also been awarded the Victoria Cross, The Legion of Honor, the Croix de Guerre, as well as the highest service awards of numerous other nations.

Each of his Unknown comrades who have joined him over the years, in the aftermath of World War II, the Korean War, and Vietnam, has also been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, presented by the US President presiding at his funeral.

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