Jean Kennedy Smith was the US ambassador ... In 2011, US President Barack Obama awarded Ms Smith the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honour in the country.

Kennedy, brother of the late Robert F. Kennedy. Former President Harry S. Truman had created a similar honor, the Medal of Freedom, in 1945 to recognize civilians for significant contributions ...

Mr. Kennedy’s medal was accepted by his daughter, Kerry Kennedy. As many presidents have done with the Medal of Freedom, Mr. Biden also honored some of his party’s most prolific fund-raisers ...

Washington — President Biden is awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest ... The award was established by Robert F. Kennedy's brother, the late President John F.

Also named recipients of the Medal of Freedom are politicians and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and former Michigan Gov. George W.