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In which year was Harvey Milk posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom?

  • 2012

  • 2006

  • 2009

  • 2016

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Harvey Milk was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 by President Barack Obama. The award is the highest civilian honor in the United States, and is given to individuals who have made significant contributions to the nation. Milk was a gay rights activist and politician who was assassinated in 1978.
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