Opal Lee, Juneteenth
Biden awarding Medal of Freedom to Fort Worth's Opal Lee, "Grandmother of Juneteenth"
FORT WORTH — Opal Lee has long made headlines in North Texas, and throughout the country. This time, she's being recognized with the nation's highest civilian honor — the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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President Joe Biden honors Opal Lee, grandmother of Juneteenth, for her mission to ‘make history, not erase it’
Opal Lee grinned and pumped her arms in excitement Friday after President Joe Biden draped the Presidential Medal of Freedom around her neck and planted a kiss on her forehead. Biden hailed Lee’s relentless push to make Juneteenth a national holiday as he conferred the nation’s highest civilian honor on the Fort Worth icon.
Juneteenth activist Opal Lee to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom at White House
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation’s highest civilian honor. President Joe Biden named Fort Worth’s Opal Lee as one of 19 recipients of the award.
Biden to award Opal Lee, ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth,’ with highest civilian honor
Read more President Joe Biden is set to award a Texas woman known by many as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth” with the highest civilian honor in the country.
Biden awards Presidential Medals of Freedom
Among the recipients of the nation's highest civilian honor is Opal Lee, who led the effort to get Juneteenth recognized as a national holiday.
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