The Medal of Honor is the nation's highest medal for valor in combat that can be awarded to members of the armed forces. The medal was first authorized in 1861 for Sailors and Marines, and the ...

My Great Grandmother Elizabeth Bennett (Born Camden Town 1884)won this medal for punctual attendance at school every day during the year 1896, it has her name engraved on it. How many children ...

A medal from the first modern Olympic Games held in at the 1896 Athens is expected to sell for around $30,000 at an upcoming auction in September. Ben Jones, from Mullock’s Auctioneers ...

According to LULAC, The Department of Defense approved the issuance of the Medal of Honor, however ... Mexico on April 26, 1896. In 1916, when he was 20 years old, he came to the United States.