Initiatives

The Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation has undertaken a broad range of initiatives aimed at increasing awareness of the Medal of Honor and what it represents. The Foundation is particularly grateful to the Medal of Honor recipients  for all they do to help us perpetuate their legacy of courage and sacrifice and for the many generous individual and corporate donors who have make the following ongoing initiatives possible:

• Character Development Program for middle and high school students
• Scholarship Program
• Living Histories Project
• Kiosks
• Medal of Honor Book: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty
• Medal of Honor Commemorative Coins
• Films
• Exhibits
• Burials and Marking of Gravesites

Composite videos, like the one shown here, with extracts from recipient interviews overlaid with title graphics, file footage and music have been produced and shown to numerous audiences and on television as a Medal of Honor outreach initiative. Click on [Play Video] on the adjacent image to watch one of these composite Medal of Honor videos with reflections from Medal recipients in their own words.