{"id":5042,"date":"2023-05-18T04:15:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T04:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/?page_id=5042"},"modified":"2025-06-25T21:41:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T21:41:39","slug":"past-tributes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/concert\/past-tributes\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Tributes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div  class=\" wp-block-pbs-blocks-row no-image\">\n\n            \n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col has-image has-parallax\" style=\"background-image:url('http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PSP-Edited0355-2.jpg');\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content has-pdt-90 has-pdb-90\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n\n<p><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image has-blue-background-color\" style=\"background-color:#1c2838;\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content has-pdt-90 has-pdb-90\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n\n<h2 class=\"has-gold-color has-text-color has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"> PAST TRIBUTES <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class=\" wp-block-pbs-blocks-row no-image\">\n\n            \n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image has-background-center-position has-light-blue-background-color\" style=\"background-color:#a4c8ec;\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content has-pdt-90 has-pdb-90 has-pdl-60 has-pdr-60\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n\n<h4 class=\"has-dark-blue-color has-text-color has-text-align-left wp-block-heading\">THE MEDAL OF HONOR<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-dark-blue-color\">The 2022 concert honored and paid tribute to the heroism, sacrifice and dedication of our Medal of Honor recipients. The concert featured the participation of living recipients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-dark-blue-color\">In the more than 150 years since the early months of the Civil War, over 3500 recipients, from every background and from every walk of life have been awarded the Medal of Honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/the-medal-of-honor-recipients-video\/\">Watch the tribute to Medal of Honor Recipients<\/a><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/concert\/featured-stories\/medal-of-honor\/\" class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col has-image has-background-size-medium has-link has-blue-background-color\" style=\"background-color:#1c2838;background-image:url('https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Medal-of-Honor-Studio-087-scaled.jpg');\">\n        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