Citizen Service Before Self Honors
Every day in this country, ordinary Americans become extraordinary. It can happen in an instance of bravery or through a lifetime of placing others before themselves. These acts of courage and selflessness would inspire us all, if only we knew about them. Now, the time has come to stand up and celebrate, in our cities and in our towns, the selfless heroism that symbolizes the American spirit.
Every year on March 25, National Medal of Honor Day, three United States citizens will be awarded Citizen Service Before Self Honors in the shadow of the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington Cemetery. They will receive this award from a group of Americans whose actions have defined the word courage – the members of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society who have received our nation’s highest and most prestigious award for valor, the Medal of Honor. The living Medal recipients of this exclusive Society now number fewer than 100.
Nominations are closed. Finalists will be announced on Monday, March 8, 2010. Please check back to find out who America’s unsung heroes are.
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