John Steinbeck receives U.S. Medal of Freedom

Tuesday, September 14 The 257th day of the year 108 days left Today in history Writer John Steinbeck was presented the U.S. Medal of Freedom on September 14, 1964. Steinbeck had already received numerous other honors and awards for his writing, including the 1962 Nobel Prize and a 1939 Pulitzer Prize for Grapes of Wrath. Steinbeck, a native ...

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