Philadelphia Liberty Medal

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The Liberty Medal is an annual award administered by the National Constitution Center of the United States to recognize leadership in the pursuit of freedom. It was originally founded by The Philadelphia Foundation, in 2006 with agreement with the National Constitution Center (NCC) that The NCC would take over the organizing, selecting and presenting it to the recipient by the NCC and its Board of Trustees.

Bono after accepting the medal on 2007-09-28

1 Background
2 List of recipients
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Background

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[edit] List of recipients

Year	Name
2007	Bono and DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa)
2006	George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton
2005	Viktor Yushchenko
2004	Hamid Karzai
2003	Sandra Day O'Connor
2002	Colin Powell
2001	Kofi Annan
2000	Dr. James D. Watson and Dr. Francis Crick
1999	Kim Dae Jung
1998	George J. Mitchell
1997	CNN International
1996	King Hussein and Shimon Peres
1995	Sadako Ogata
1994	Václav Havel
1993	Nelson Mandela and Frederik Willem de Klerk
1992	Thurgood Marshall
1991	Óscar Arias Sánchez and Médecins Sans Frontières
1990	Jimmy Carter
1989	Lech Wałęsa