Ken Burns, Historian and Filmmaker, Receives 2012 Freedom Award

Ken Burns receives the 2012 USCHS Freedom Award

To recognize and honor individuals and organizations who have advanced greater public understanding and appreciation for freedom as represented by the U.S. Capitol and Congress, the U.S. Capitol Historical Society initiated its Freedom Award on September 17, 1993, the eve of the 200th anniversary of the laying of the U.S. Capitol cornerstone by George Washington […]

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