Liberty Medal

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Bill Clinton and Steven Spielberg at the 2009 ceremony

The Liberty Medal is an annual award administered by the National Constitution Center (NCC) of the United States to recognize leadership in the pursuit of freedom. It was founded by the Philadelphia Foundation. In 2006 an agreement was made with the National Constitution Center (NCC) that the NCC would take over the organizing, selecting and presenting of the award to recipients. Recipients are now chosen by the NCC and its board of trustees.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

List of recipients

Year	Country	Name
2025	Template:Flag	Hamilton and Ron Chernow<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2024	Template:Flag	Ken Burns<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2023	Template:Flag	Judy Woodruff and David Rubenstein
2022	Template:Flag	Volodymyr Zelenskyy<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2021	Template:Flag	Jimmy Lai<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Flag	Loujain al-Hathloul
2020	Template:Flag	Ruth Bader Ginsburg<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2019	Template:Flag	Anthony Kennedy<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2018	Template:Flag	George W. Bush and Laura Bush<ref>The 2018 Liberty Medal Ceremony</ref>
2017	Template:Flag	John McCain<ref>Remarks At The 2017 Liberty Medal Ceremony</ref>
2016	Template:Flag	John Lewis
2015	Template:Flag	14th Dalai Lama
2014	Template:Flag	Malala Yousafzai<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2013	Template:Flag	Hillary Clinton
2012	Template:Flag	Muhammad Ali<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2011	Template:Flag	Robert Gates
2010	Template:Flag	Tony Blair
2009	Template:Flag	Steven Spielberg
2008	Template:Flag	Mikhail GorbachevTemplate:Cn
2007	Template:Flag	Bono
	Template:Flag	DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa)
2006	Template:Flag	George H. W. Bush
	Template:Flag	Bill Clinton
2005	Template:Flag	Viktor Yushchenko
2004	Template:Flag	Hamid Karzai<ref>"HAMID KARZAI 2004 Liberty Medal Recipient"</ref><ref>"Afghan President Hamid Karzai receives Philadelphia Liberty Medal"</ref>
2003	Template:Flag	Sandra Day O'Connor
2002	Template:Flag	Colin Powell
2001	Template:Flag	Kofi Annan
2000	Template:Flag	Dr. James D. Watson
	Template:Flag	Dr. Francis Crick
1999	Template:Flag	Kim Dae-jung
1998	Template:Flag	George J. Mitchell
1997	Template:Flag	CNN International
1996	Template:Flag	King Hussein
	Template:Flag	Shimon Peres
1995	Template:Flag	Sadako Ogata
1994	Template:Flag	Václav Havel
1993	Template:Flag	Nelson Mandela
		Frederik Willem de Klerk
1992	Template:Flag	Thurgood Marshall
1991	Template:Flag	Óscar Arias Sánchez
	Template:Flag	Médecins Sans Frontières
1990	Template:Flag	Jimmy Carter
1989	Template:Flag	Lech Wałęsa

See also

• Independence National Historical Park

External links

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• National Constitution Center Official page