USCHS Awards 2016 Freedom Award to David McCullough

The 2016 Freedom Award presented to David McCullough (center) by Dan Jordan (left) and The Hon. Tom Coleman (right).

On the evening of May 11, in National Statuary Hall, U.S. Capitol, the U.S. Capitol Historical Society gathered to present the 2016 Freedom Award to David McCullough in recognition of his empathetic, nuanced, and fundamentally human approach to telling the American story. With unmatched voice and vibrancy, Mr. McCullough enhances our understanding of the lives […]

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