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Congressional Gold Medal recipients

Below is a list of recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor bestowed by the United States Congress. == Recipients of Continental Congress Gold Medals == == Recipients of Congressional Gold Medals == == See also == Congressional Silver Medal Congressional Bronze Medal Awards and decorations of the United States government == Notes == == References == == Sources == Office of the Clerk.

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  1. President Ulysses S Grant

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Grant's role in rebuilding America in the decade after the Civil War and his impact on African-Americans and Native Americans.

    30 May 2019

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    Featuring: Erik Mathisen, Susan-Mary Grant, Robert Cook

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    HistoryMembers of the American Philosophical SocietyHall of Fame for Great Americans inducteesAmerican people of English descent19th-century American male writersActivists for African-American civil rightsAmerican slave ownersCongressional Gold Medal recipientsUnited States Military Academy alumniPeople of the Six Years' War, 19th-century American memoiristsCommanding Generals of the United States Army, Presidents of the United States

  2. Thomas Edison

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of Thomas Edison, one of the great inventors and cultural figures of modern America.

    9 December 2010

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    Featuring: Simon Schaffer, Kathleen Burk, Iwan Morus

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    ScienceMembers of the American Philosophical SocietyMembers of the Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesHall of Fame for Great Americans inducteesAmerican people of English descentPeople associated with electricityRecipients of Franklin MedalCongressional Gold Medal recipientsAmerican deistsAmerican people of Dutch descent19th-century American businesspeopleHonorary members of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Recipients of the Matteucci MedalAmerican electrical engineers, People from Manhattan20th-century American inventors, Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences

  3. Washington and the American Revolution

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the first President of the United States, George Washington, and the people and ideas that saw the American Revolution overthrow British rule in 1775.

    24 June 2004

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    Featuring: Carol Berkin, Simon Middleton, Colin Bonwick

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    CultureFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesMembers of the American Philosophical SocietyHall of Fame for Great Americans inducteesAmerican male non-fiction writersAmerican people of English descentAmerican slave ownersCongressional Gold Medal recipients18th-century American writers, Founding Fathers of the United States, People of the American EnlightenmentCommanding Generals of the United States Army, Presidents of the United States18th-century American male writers, American foreign policy writers18th-century American politicians, Signers of the United States Constitution, American Freemasons