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Watch Live: Monuments Men Awarded Congressional Gold Medal

ByRick St. Hilaire

The Monuments Men will be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal today. Watch it live beginning at 3 p.m. today by clicking on the video box below.

UPDATE – The broadcast is now archived in the video below. The recording has intermittent audio and video problems. Please be patient.

Senate and House leaders of both political parties will bestow Congress’s highest civilian award to the team of men and women who, during World War II, sought to preserve cultural heritage from destruction.

Both legislative chambers on Capitol Hill passed the Monuments Men Recognition Act in May 2014, which the president enacted into law on June 9, 2014.

Congresswoman Kay Granger (R-TX-12) was a primary sponsor of the legislation. Some of the lawmaker’s remarks to members of the House appear in the video below.

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