Mikhail Gorbachev To Receive 2008 Liberty Medal at The National Constitution Center
Mikhail Gorbachev 13 Jun 2008 17:00 Africa/Lagos Mikhail Gorbachev To Receive 2008 Liberty Medal at The National Constitution Center Award to be presented by President George H.W. Bush PHILADELPHIA, June 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Constitution Center's 2008 Liberty Medal will be awarded to former Soviet leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mikhail Gorbachev for his courageous role in ending the dangerous, decades-long Cold War and in giving hope and freedom to millions who lived behind the Iron Curtain. The public Liberty Medal ceremony will take place on Thursday, September 18, 2008, at the National Constitution Center in Historic Philadelphia, and will set the stage for international commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 2009. Joseph M. Torsella, National Constitution Center President and CEO, made the announcement today, saying, "This year's ceremony will be a memorable tribute to a revolutionary thinker with courage and...