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Photo Exhibit Showcases America's Medal of Honor Recipients
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    DENVER, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- America's Medal of Honor recipients are
featured in a national exhibition opening in Denver, CO on August 15.

    Titled Portraits of Valor: The Faces of Courage & Honor, the collection
of black-and-white portraits is the work of Denver photographer Nick Del
Calzo, who photographed 139 medal recipients during the eight-year project.
Eighty portraits are featured in the exhibit. The exhibit will also include
a rare opportunity to view the three Medals of Honor representing the major
branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.

    The five-week showing at Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Denver's number
one tourist venue, is a prelude to the Congressional Medal of Honor
Society's annual convention September 16-20. The dates also span the
Democratic Party's National Convention.

    The dramatic large-format images show the medal recipients in their
worlds of today or at locations throughout the country that are symbolic of
the honor. Each photo is accompanied by the recipient's personal message,
as well as a brief description of the courageous action that compelled
Congress to bestow on him the nation's highest military honor.

    "Whatever their origin or however great their diversity, their
differences were dissolved as each became a hero in his moment of personal
destiny," Del Calzo stated.

    Earlier, the award-winning photographer had compiled the portraits into
a photo essay that was published as a New York Times best-selling book,
Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty. In the
accompanying profiles, biographer Peter Collier stated, "We are the land of
the free for one reason and one reason only . because we are also the home
of the brave."

    The Medal of Honor was established by an Act of Congress in 1862 as the
highest military honor to be bestowed on members of the U.S. Armed Forces
for acts of heroism and valor displayed during hostile action. To date,
3,468 Medals have been awarded in the name of the Congress and usually
presented by the President in White House ceremonies. The oldest of the 102
recipients still living is 99. More than 63 are expected at the Denver
convention, which will feature a September 19 awards gala.
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