Congressional Gold Medal

The resolution would give all 13 a Congressional Gold Medal posthumously.

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter US Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) announced that the veterans of the World War II-era Office of Strategic Services had been awarded a Congressional Gold Medal for their service to the country. Sen. Shelby said in a statement, “I’m pleased to report that a bill was signed into law yesterday … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, May 20, Lt. Gen. Charles “Chick” Cleveland, fellow “Aces” were honored at the Capitol Wednesday.  Montgomery’s “Fighter Ace,” Lt. Gen. Charles “Chick” Cleveland and his son met with US Representative Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) and her staff on Wednesday.  Later that day, Korean War veteran Gen. Cleveland and … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, February 13, US Representatives Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) and Terri Sewell (D-Selma) released a video celebrating a special bill awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the men and women who, in March 1965, marched from Selma to Montgomery to protest for the voting rights they were already entitled … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On September 15, 1963, domestic terrorists set off a bomb (one of many detonated in that chapter in Birmingham History) in the 16th Street Baptist Church. The bomb ended the lives of Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley. National shock and outrage at the savagery … Continued

Staff Report WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R-AL) today applauded the passage of a House resolution honoring the four girls killed in the 1963 bombing of Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church. Almost 50 years after Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley were killed in that brutal Sunday morning attack, … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (D) from Selma and Congressman Spencer Bachus (R) from Vestavia introduced H.R. 360 to request that the United States Congress bestow its highest civilian honor—the Congressional Gold Medal—to Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson, and Denise McNair.  The four girls tragically lost … Continued