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Duke Ellington Receives the Medal of Freedom

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Duke Ellington Receives the Medal of Freedom
April 29, 1969, East Room. Duke Ellington stands beside President Richard Nixon at the White House celebration of the composer and bandleader’s 70th birthday. Nixon awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the evening continued with a concert in his honor.

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