1. The Medal of Honor: Its History,
Symbolism, and Recommendation
Process
Spring 2015 Docent Talks

2. Badge of Merit,
created by
George
Washington on
August 7, 1782
Certificate of
Merit,
established in
1847 during
Mexican-
American War.
Medal of
Honor, first
authorized in
1861 for Sailors
and Marines,
and in 1862 for
Soldiers
History of Military Merit

3. Dr. Mary Edwards Walker
U. S. Army Surgeon - Civil War

4. Ann Walker, 74
Great Grandniece
of Dr. Mary E. Walker

5. First Lt. Alonzo H. Cushing at the U.S. Military Academy,
West Point, New York, circa 1861.

7. Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, III
[generally known as Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.]

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13. 1862 1896 1904
The Design Progression of
the Army’s Medal of Honor

22. Medal of Honor, its ribbons and rosette, 1940 or 1950s

27. Thank You!

28. Questions