Okaloosa County will hold its third annual Women Veterans Day ceremony on June 12. Two new statues of pioneering women veterans, Capt. Linda Bray and Florence Ebersole Smith Finch, will be unveiled.

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – June 12, 2025, marks the third Annual Women Veterans’ Day ceremony at the Destin-Fort Walton Beach Convention Center for Okaloosa County. According to a n… ...

Florence Ebersole Smith Finch, who was half Filipino, worked with the Philippine underground to smuggle supplies to POWs during World War II. After being imprisoned and tortured by the Japanese, she ...

WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 05: U.S. President George W. Bush (L) hangs a Presidential Medal of Freedom on the neck of Harper Lee (C), Pulitzer Prize winner and the author of "To Kill A Mockingbird," during ...

Here's Why The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian honor in the United States. Nur Ibrahim Published Jan. 12, 2025 Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons ...

Media Biden’s Medal of Freedom picks show Democrats are ‘out of touch’ and ‘trolling’ Republicans: columnist Presidential Medal of Freedom is nation's highest civilian honor ...

In this photo posted to his X account, President Biden is shown presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction to His Holiness Pope Francis, on Jan. 11, 2025.

President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to Michael J. Fox, center, in the East Room of the White House on Jan. 4, 2025.

Other recipients of the Medal of Freedom include Bono, Michael J. Fox and Jane Goodall. The Medal of Freedom has been awarded 654 times since 1963.

Learn about the Presidential Medal of Freedom, its significance, and the 19 individuals who have received this prestigious honor this year from President Joe Biden.

Republican lawmakers slammed President Biden for giving the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to billionaire philanthropist George Soros and former Secretary of State Hil… ...

Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden during a ceremony on Saturday at the White House.