President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 people in a ceremony at the White House on Jan. 4, with the list of recipients including famous actors, musicians, athletes, scientists, entrepreneurs, and political leaders.
“For the final time as president, I have the honor of bestowing the Medal of Freedom—our nation’s highest civilian honor—on a group of extraordinary, truly extraordinary, people,” Biden said during the ceremony, praising them for their “sacred effort to shape the culture and the cause of America.”
