Tutu to Receive Medal of Freedom Award

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu will accept the Medal of Freedom award from the United States President Barack Obama in Washington DC this week.

In a press statement, Tutu says that, “I am overwhelmed, deeply honoured, humbled and I am something that I don’t often get to be, speechless.”

Tutu further says that, “As always, I am so aware that it’s really given to me representatively. I could not be who I have been without the millions of people who honoured me by agreeing for me to be their leader. I am standing out only because they are carrying me on their shoulders.”

According to online encyclopaedia, Wikipedia, the Presidential Medal of Freedom is a decoration bestowed by the US president and is, along with the equivalent Congressional Gold Medal bestowed by an act of congress, the highest civilian award in the United States.

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