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Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient
John L. Lewis
Lewis emerging from the Orient No. 2 mine in West Frankfort, Illinois after viewing the devastation of a mine explosion that killed 119 miners in December1951.
JOHN L. LEWIS
Awarded by
President Lyndon B. Johnson
September 14, 1964
Eloquent spokesman of labor, he has given voice to the aspirations of the industrial workers of the country and led the cause of free trade unions within a healthy system of free enterprise.
Creation of the UMWA Welfare Fund, May 29, 1946. Pictured seated from left are President Harry Truman, Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug and Lewis. The signing ceremony occurred in the White House Oval Office.
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Medal History
