{"id":124073,"date":"2025-01-05T15:04:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T20:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/01\/05\/u2s-bono-shares-heartfelt-thanks-after-receiving-presidential-medal-of-freedom\/"},"modified":"2025-01-05T15:04:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T20:04:26","slug":"u2s-bono-shares-heartfelt-thanks-after-receiving-presidential-medal-of-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/01\/05\/u2s-bono-shares-heartfelt-thanks-after-receiving-presidential-medal-of-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"U2\u2019s Bono Shares Heartfelt Thanks After Receiving Presidential Medal of\u00a0Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tBono<\/a> is expressing his gratitude after receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe legendary U2<\/a> frontman was among 19 individuals to receive<\/a> the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation\u2019s highest civilian honor, from President Joe Biden during a ceremony at the White House on Saturday (Jan. 4).<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cThank you President Biden. Frontmen don\u2019t do humble, but today I was,\u201d Bono wrote on U2\u2019s Instagram<\/a> account after receiving the medal. \u201cRock n roll gave me my freedom\u2026 and with it the privilege to work alongside those who\u2019ve had to fight so much harder for theirs. And I want to give it up for my band mates \u2013 Edge, Adam, and Larry \u2013 without whom I would never have found my voice.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAlong with receiving the honor, Bono wrote an essay<\/a> for The Atlantic<\/em>, titled \u201cThe Gorgeous, Unglamorous Work of Freedom,\u201d exploring the link between music and the quest for freedom.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFreedom<\/em> is a word that turns up with embarrassing frequency in rock-and-roll songs,\u201d Bono began the op-ed, citing Bob Dylan\u2019s \u201cChimes of Freedom\u201d as an example.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe reason I am climbing on this slippery soapbox called \u2018freedom\u2019 today is that I\u2019m being given a presidential medal by that name\u2014an honor I\u2019m receiving mainly for the work of others, among them my bandmates and our fellow activists\u2014and it\u2019s got me thinking again about the subject,\u201d the Irish rocker continued. \u201cWhen we rock stars talk about freedom, we more often mean libertinism than liberation, but growing up in the Ireland of the 1960s, the latter had its place too. We were mad for freedoms we didn\u2019t have: political freedom, religious freedom, and (most definitely) sexual freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn honoring Bono, the White House highlighted<\/a> the singer as a \u201cpioneering activist against AIDS and poverty,\u201d noting his role in uniting politicians from opposing parties to create the U.S. PEPFAR AIDS program. He is also the co-founder of advocacy organizations ONE and (RED).<\/p>\n

\n\tOther Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients this year included Hillary Clinton, Michael J. Fox, NBA legend Earvin \u201cMagic\u201d Johnson, soccer icon Lionel Messi, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Vogue editor Anna Wintour, George Soros, designer Ralph Lauren, chef Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s and conservationist Jane Goodall.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs a member of U2, Bono has won 22 Grammy Awards. Three other 2025 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients are also Grammy winners, all in the category now called best audio book, narration and storytelling recording. Magic Johnson won in 1993 for\u00a0What You Can Do to Avoid AIDS<\/em>, Hillary Rodham Clinton in 1997 for\u00a0It Takes a Village<\/em>\u00a0and Michael J. Fox in 2010 for\u00a0Always Looking Up<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cPresident Biden believes great leaders keep the faith, give everyone a fair shot, and put decency above all else,\u201d the White House wrote in a statement. \u201cThese nineteen individuals are great leaders who have made America and the world a better place. They are great leaders because they are good people who have made extraordinary contributions to their country and the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch Bono receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Biden in a video here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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