President Trump speaks at the National Medal of Honor Museum
Mr. Trump toured the museum before making a speech
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Mr. Trump toured the museum before making a speech
Hundreds of people will gather along the Medal of Honor motorcade route on Wednesday as it heads from DFW Airport to Gainesville.
The Medal of Honor motorcade is set to travel from DFW International Airport to Gainesville on April 9.
The Medal of Honor is our nation's highest honor for valor in combat.
The sister of Master Sgt. John Chapman, who died in Afghanistan in March 2002, criticized the new National Medal of Honor Museum in an interview with "CBS Mornings" co-host Tony Dokoupil.
Visitors enter and leave through the Rotunda of Honor. The names of Medal of Honor recipients shine under a perpetual light.
It was a hero's welcome to almost three dozen Medal of Honor recipients Saturday at the grand opening ceremony.
Excitement is building for the grand opening of the National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington.
"Our only mission was to get the wounded out of the jungles and fields of Vietnam," said Petersen.
The Medal of Honor is the nation's highest military award for bravery in combat, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian honor.
The crown jewel of the National Medal of Honor Museum has arrived.
Medal of Honor recipients got a big welcome as they arrived in North Texas Wednesday afternoon.
The newest museum being built in DFW is using technology to tell stories of the bravest among us: Medal of Honor recipients.
The newest museum being built in DFW is using technology to tell stories of the bravest among us: Medal of Honor recipients.
North Texans rolled out the red carpet for MoH recipients, a tradition 20 years in the running.
A museum in Houston honoring the nation's Black Buffalo Soldiers was vandalized with graffiti, including with a symbol that appears to be a swastika, according to the facility.
It's the very first Medal of Honor the museum has received. The National Medal of Honor Museum is expected to open in Arlington in 2024.
"This is your opportunity to say thank you, and I think it's so important now," said Janine Stange, who is visiting North Texas this week.
Master Sergeant Matthew O. Williams braved enemy fire in Afghanistan to save the lives of four critically-wounded soldiers.
Planned for construction near Arlington's Globe Life Park and AT&T Stadium, the first national museum of its kind would open to the public in 2024.
The National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation is expected to make a final decision by September, according to a news release from the museum.
Medal of Honor recipients from across the country are in North Texas for an annual Texas-sized show of appreciation! Check out the motorcade from DFW Airport to Gainesville, Texas.
The NFL will salute 15 recipients of the Medal of Honor when they participate in the coin toss before the Super Bowl on Feb. 4.
An Army medic who "ran into danger" to save wounded soldiers during a Vietnam War battle despite his own serious wounds on Monday became the first Medal of Honor recipient under President Donald Trump.
More than 500 motorcycles, officers from more than a dozen law enforcement agencies and firefighters from three dozen agencies rode alongside the Medal of Honor recipients. Well wishers cheered them along from the roadside.
