Dozens gathered at the Carolina Field of Honor to remember fallen heroes on Memorial Day.

PHOENIX — Jesse Owens was a record-breaking athlete who gained international fame, breaking barriers in the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany. But for Gina Hemphill-Strachan, the Medal of Freedom ...

President Joe Biden presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Secretary ... Edward R. Murrow, Jesse Owens, Norman Rockwell and countless others who contributed so much to America.

Other notable athletes and coaches who have been bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom include Jesse Owens (1976), Jackie Robinson (1984), Muhammad Ali (2005), Billie Jean King (2009 ...

It was 1936 Berlin and 21-year-old Jesse Owens had beaten his new pal Luz Long, 23, to the gold medal in the long jump - breaking the world record with a jump of 8.06 metres. Jesse - who won four ...

The 1936 Berlin Olympics was the start of a long-lasting bond between the families of American track and field legend Jesse Owens and German long jumper, Carl Ludwig Hermann "Luz" Long. Owens ...

For Jesse Owens to do that in that time ... Owens was later awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1976, but that honor came 40 years after Berlin. "It's something we likely need to ...

He opened the Jesse Owens Dry Cleaning Company with a big ... President Gerald Ford awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1979, President Jimmy Carter gave him a Living Legacy Award.

As Jesse Owens soared over the eight-metre mark to ... Owens was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1976, before his death from lung cancer four years later, aged 66.

Perhaps the most famous incident occurred after Jesse Owens, a track star from Alabama ... the Presidential Medal of Freedom.