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Denied recognition during his lifetime, Henry Johnson recently received the nation’s highest military honor.In today’s Congressional Corner, New York…
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With onlookers beaming from the White House to Albany City Hall, today’s awarding of the Medal of Honor to Sgt. Henry Johnson capped a decades-long…
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Ahead of a White House Medal of Honor ceremony scheduled for Tuesday, New York U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer and other state officials gathered Sunday…
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U.S. Senator Charles Schumer will lay a wreath at the Sgt. Henry Johnson Monument in Albany's Washington Park Sunday afternoon. After paying his respects,…
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The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond.Today's panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock, Newsman Ray Graf, and essayist,…
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After years of effort, a Capital Region military hero is getting a prestigious award.On June 2nd, President Barack Obama will award the Medal of Honor…
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An Albany hero might soon get a long-denied Medal of Honor.In today’s Congressional Corner, New York representative Paul Tonko tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock…
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The U.S. Senate has passed legislation that would allow the president to consider awarding a posthumous Medal of Honor to Sgt. Henry Johnson, a World War…
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New York Sen. Charles Schumer has introduced legislation to allow a black World War I soldier from Albany to receive a posthumous Medal of Honor.The…