Lakeland News: Woman from Brainerd Posthumously Receives Congressional Gold Medal
Lieutenant Colonel Hortense McKay was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal this past Saturday at the Gichi-Ziibi Center for the Arts in Brainerd. The ceremony was a patriotic event, meant to both honor the late McKay for her heroism during World War II in the Philippines and celebrate her life in the surrounding community.
Congressional Gold Medals are hard to come by. Only about 200 people have earned the prestigious award, among them George Washington, Winston Churchill, and the Doolittle Raiders.
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