Photo shows Trump during Zaharias medal ceremony
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Beaumont City Councilman W. L. Pate, right, addresses an East Wing ceremony in which he accepted the Presidential Medal of Honor for Babe Zaharias. From left, President Donald Trump and the golfers Gary Player and Annika Sorenstam.Shealah Craighead / Provided by W.L. Pate
Beaumont City Councilman W.L. Pate Jr. was one of the relatively few people outside the Trump administration to see the president following this week’s mob attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Pate was in Washington, D.C., for a previously scheduled event in which golf legend Babe Didrikson Zaharias was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Southeast Texas native died of cancer in 1956. She was 45 years old.
By AFP - Agence France Presse January 7, 2021 Print Article
Swedish golfer Annika Sorenstam has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from US President Donald, who also honored South African golfer Gary Player and the late US sporting great Babe Zaharias with America s top civilian honor Mike Ehrmann Text size
Golf greats Gary Player and Annika Sorenstam accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Donald Trump in a closed-door ceremony on Thursday, a day after a mob of Trump supporters invaded the US Capitol building.
Trump also bestowed the award, America s highest civilian honor, posthumously on Olympic gold medallist and women s golf pioneer Babe Didrikson Zaharias.
Today, President Donald J. Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Babe Zaharias. The President also presented the award to previou
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Jan 7, 2021 3:42 PM
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, facing calls for his removal from office, turned from controversy to ceremony on Thursday as he awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to golfers Annika Sorenstam, Gary Player and Babe Didrikson Zaharias.
With just 13 days left in his term, Trump gave the nationâs highest civilian honor to Sweden s Sorenstam, a 10-times major champion, and South African Player, winner of nine major titles.
Receiving the honor posthumously was Zaharias, who also won 10 golf majors as well as two track & field gold medals at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games and is regarded as one of the greatest American athletes of all time. She died in 1956 at the age of 45.
Vhahangwele Nemakonde and AFP Player s award comes a day after chaos erupted in the US Capitol building, when a ragtag group egged on by Trump breached Capitol security. Gary Player. Picture: Marc Strobe/Getty Images.
Trump also bestowed the award, America’s highest civilian honour, posthumously on Olympic gold medallist and women’s golf pioneer Babe Didrikson Zaharias and Annika Sörenstam.
“Today, President Donald J. Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Babe Zaharias,” the White House said in a press release.
“The president also presented the award to previously announced recipients Annika Sörenstam and Gary J. Player.”