The Congressional Gold Medal is an award bestowed by the United States Congress. The congressional practice of issuing gold medals to occasionally honor recipients from the military began during the American Revolution. Later the practice extended to individuals in all walks of life and in the late 20th century also to groups. The Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom are the highest civilian awards in the United States. The congressional medal seeks to honor those, individually or as a group, “who have performed an achievement that has an impact on American history and culture that is likely to be recognized as a major achievement in the recipient’s field long after the achievement. When a Congressional Gold Medal has been deemed appropriate, Congress has, by legislative action, provided for the creation of a medal on an ad hoc basis. Pictured is the medal created for the famed “Tuskegee Airman”. 

FEB 28 2020, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS RECOMMENDING THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS (9TH, 10TH CAVALRIES AND 24TH, 25TH INFANTRIES) FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

We are now on the 3rd attempt to get this medal awarded to the Buffalo Soldiers. We need everyone to write your Congressional Reprensentatives and ask them to sign the H.R. 1222 document ASAP!

If awarded a medal will be created to Honor Our Great American Heros! Click below to see the presentation.

H.R.1222 – Buffalo Soldiers Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2023

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